The New Paper, 17 June 2010

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    12 1 the new paper THURSDAY JUNE 17 2010 70 CENTS MICA (P) 117/01/2010
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      46 1 theDCUPNOONEDITIONnewpaper GET YOUR WORLD CUP NOON EDITION S AFRICA v URUGUAY theDCUPNOONEDITIONnewpaper PAIN Favourites stunned by Swiss sucker punch 24-page World Cup pullout inside PICTURE: REUTERS ORCHARD ROAD Flash flood wreaks havoc in prime shopping belt PAGES 2-5 HONDURAS CHILE SPAIN SWITZERLAND 0 1 0 1
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      10 1 Toy Story 3 still got PAGE 26 8 "*****1 *****1
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      Lock icon CHAOS RAINS
      1117 2 / 3  -  Shops close, traffic stalls after downtown downpour turns Orchard Roadinto‘canal’ REPORT:NG NG YANG HAN, KOH HUITHENG tnp@sph.com.sg Source: SCDF TWO high-end stores, two very different fates. Luxury fashion retailer Hermes was so badly affected when flood waters rose at Orchard Road that it could not open for business.
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      Lock icon Giant canal not enough to stop area from flooding
      490 4 / 5  -  REPORT:KOH KOH HUI THENG kohht@sph.com.sg THE flood on Orchard Road yesterday morning took shoppers, workers and the authorities by surprise. In two hours, more than 100mm of rain fell. The flood water damaged four stores at Liat Towers, stranded road users
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      Lock icon Water so deep, some couldn't drive out
      358 4 / 5  -  Carpark at Tong Building (next to Paragon) flooded REPORT: VIVIEN HENG hengzyv@sph.com.sg MANY car owners have heard horror stories of cars being damaged by flash floods in Bukit Timah. But few would have imagined this happening in carparks in Orchard Road. Mr Roger
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      583 6  -  S’poreankilled, girlfriend injured in N-S highway crash REPORT: AMANDA YONG ayong@sph.com.sg HEWOULDhaveturned22today.And Mr Soh Weihao would have had dinner with his family at their Gangsa Road flat, then goneouttocelebratehisbirthdaywithhisfriends. Sadly,noneofthatwillhappennow. MrSoh,whohelpsoutinhisparents’business,died inacarcrashinMalaysiaonTuesdayevening. And his girlfriend, student Kammy Goh, 20, blames noonebutherself. The second-year nursing
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      Lock icon Why Jet chose to land in S'pore
      342 7 BILINGUALeducation.This was what made gongfu star Jet Li take up Singaporecitizenship. Speaking to reporters at the Beijing premiere of his latest movie Ocean Heaven, China-born Li, who became a Singaporean in June last year, said: “I lived in the USfor so long and
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      855 8/9  -  NEA reviewing dustbin placements to fight littering problem REPORT: BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg DON’T be surprised if you find more dustbins near building entrances and food outlets soon. The National Environment Agency (NEA) says it is working with town councils and shopping malls to review where bins
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      15 8/9 TOWN COUNCIL REPORT Grace Fu responds to Low Thia Khiang THE IN STRAITS TIMES TODAY
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  • Local News watch
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      Lock icon Number of marriages up by 6 per cent
      239 10 S’POREANSMARRYING LATER THERE were more marriages last year, but brides and grooms were older. New figures from the Department of Statistics also show that the proportion of divorces initiated by the wives has gone up. Wives initiated 64 per cent of all
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      108 10 STARHUB will pump $1.5 million over three years into *Scape programmes to nurture youth leadership and social activism. The donation marks the largest amount that StarHub has given for a youth initiative. In return, it will be tapping on a
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      Lock icon New water targets to be unveiled during Water Week
      91 10 WATER agency PUB will release a newdocumentonthecountry’swater management strategy. It will also paint the long-term plans to increase water supply to meet demand for the next 50 years. years. NEWater’s targets for the country will also be spelt outin thispublicdocument. Thiswill
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      Lock icon Better e-services for senior citizens in South Korea tie-up
      104 10 SENIOR citizens who are not com-puter-savvy could tune in to their television sets to check on traffic, the queues at polyclinics and even their CPF accounts in the future. That is, if a tie-up between Singa- pore and South Korea bears
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    • News World Cup 2010
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        Lock icon SingTel shown the red card
        671 12  -  Business owners say mio TV telecasts has time lag comparedtoStarHub’s REPORT:DANSON DANSON CHEONG WOO SIAN BOON tnp@sph.com.sg COUNTslowlyfromonetofive.That’showlongittakes to make one group of soccer fans complain, while another group is cheering a World Cupgoal. The telecasts of the matches from SingTel come withaslighttimelag. Fans watching
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      Lock icon Should US first look at itself?
      589 14  -  S’poredowngradedin US human trafficking report REPORT:HOLIAN-YI HO LIAN-YI lianyi@sph.com.sg HARDonothers,softonthemselves.Can an American report that ranks the United States among the best in dealing with human traffickingbetakenseriouslywhentheUSfacesserious problemsonitsborders? Onlylastweek,aUSBorderPatrolagentshotdeada 14-year-oldMexicanboyforallegedlythrowingrocks. It’sjustthelatestincidentalongthevastandincreasinglyviolentborderbetweentheUSandMexico. WhileAmericansfearillegalworkersswarmingtheir cities,Mexicanshavebeenupsetatthewaytheircountrymenhavebeentreatedinthelandofthefree. AVoiceOfAmericareportsaidthatMexicansarethe No1victimsofhumantraffickingintheUS.Victimsare forcedtoworkinthehomesoftherichorinrestaurants orasprostitutes. A report in the Guardian last year said
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      191 11 Shepoints theway forward for fencing Nationalfencer introduceschildrento sportwithtournament kidsto experiencefencing ina friendly environment,”said MissNg,who was honouredasa POSB Everyday Champion for Sportsthis year. Sheespecially wanted toreachout tothose whoareinterestedin fencing buthavelittleor nopriorexperience. Beginnerscan beputoff ifthey cannot competeagainstsomeonewith similarskills, soshetriesto ensurea level playingfield. Sinceitsinceptionin 2008,the annual YMCAInternationalCup hasdoubled its numberofparticipants. Therewere 150last year.
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      65 12 Women received match tickets from... /PAGE 22 thenewpaper ON the ball GARY LIM BRIAN MILLER AFRICAOROR BUST! ED AARONS Get in on the action with the only newspaper that has not one, but two editions of the latest and best in World Cup action daily (morning and noon) NEIL HUMPHREYS
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      240 16 OIL SPILL IN GULF OF MEXICO AP US PRESIDENT Barack Obama (right) yesterday demanded that BP bosses set aside money to compensate Americans who have suffered losses from the oil giant’s still-leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico. He was speaking after his first
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      97 16 AFP INDONESIA’S communications minister Tifatul Sembiring said yesterday that last week’s celebrity sex video scandal showed the Internet was a threat to the nation and vowed to curb its use. The predominantly Muslim country has been outraged by two video clips showing singer
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      Lock icon IMF boss: Yuan will rise along with China's economy
      96 16 AFP INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said yesterday the yuan was still undervalued but added that it could strengthen due to higher US savings and increased domestic Chinese demand. Speaking at a seminar on Europe’s relations with China, he said
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      Lock icon Indonesian quake kills three but tsunami warning lifted
      86 16 AFP AT LEAST three people were killed when a powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia yesterday. Police said reports suggested the victims were crushed as the quake shook Yapen island off northern Papua province shortly after midday. Several earthquakes hit eastern Indonesia
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      103 16 AP MALAYSIA has backtracked on a plan to issue identification cards to refugees, which would spare them from being arrested for illegal immigration, Home Ministry official Raja Azahar said yesterday. Malaysia has not signed the United Nations convention on refugees, fearing a flood of
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    • STEP UP
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        552 17 This series is brought to you by SIM Global Education SIM GE encourages students to take part in activities outside the classroom MISS Josephine Poh, 23, leads a student club of more than 150 members at SIM Global Education (SIM GE). Her
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      Lock icon HK boy, 14, dies after taking 'aloe vera juice'
      262 19 Hemistookuncle’s drug for a drink A HONG KONG boy died after drinking liquid methadone by mistake, thinking it was aloe vera juice. Forthat,LiangWeilin’suncle,WuBotang, 52, was on Monday sentenced to two years’ probation for drug possession. Weilin, who was 14 when he
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      Lock icon UK children scrawl help message in locked car
      257 19 PASSERS-BY could only look on helplessly. Two children were locked in a car and the temperature inside was going dangerously high. Desperate to get out, the children scrawledthe word “help” on the windows of the car to get attention. The passers-by then
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      Lock icon Is she Al Gore's inconvenient truth?
      378 21 Film’sco-producer(left) allegedly reason for US ex-VP’ssplitfromwife THEY are an item, says celebrity gossip magazine Starinthisweek’sissue. No, they’re not, say friends of former US vice-presidentAlGore,62,andMsLaurieDavid,52,the woman at the centre of the speculation. Ms David, a trustee on the US Natural Resources Defence Council, co-produced Mr
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      256 21 HOW many illegitimate children does Tiger Woods have? After news that an upcoming British documentary, Tiger Woods: The Rise Fall, suggests that the world No. 1 golfer has an illegitimate daughter, a porn star and escort now alleges that he is
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    • News World Cup 2010
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        539 22/23 ITV commentator accused of handing out tickets to beer company for ambush marketing ANOTHER ITV BLUNDER FORMERJamaicamidfielderRobbieEar-le has been fired as a World Cup commentatorforBritishTVstationITVafter violatingFifa’sticketregulationsinthetournamentinSouthAfrica. According to the broadcaster, tickets allocated to Earle for Monday’s game between Denmark and the Netherlands were used for
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        254 22/23 NEGLECT AT S AFRICA HOSPITAL? NURSES at a South African hospital have been accused of letting World Cup fever get in the way of patient care. The hospital faces a possible neglect probe over claims that nurses were too busy watching the World Cup and
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        370 22/23 EVEN as the England World Cup footballers were getting ready for their second game against Algeria, a fallen England idol was lying unconscious on the street with blood all over him. Paul Gascoigne, or Gazza, lay badly injured in a car crash near
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      13 16 DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS REGIONAL WEATHER KL:Showers High34˚,Low24˚ Jakarta:Showers High32˚,Low25˚ Bangkok:Showers High36˚,Low26˚ Manila:Showers High33˚,Low26˚
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      198 19 EZHHEI OFFICIAL BEER Head to the Carlsberg Fan Park at Clarke Quay and take on the Carlsberg $100,000 Shootout Challenge, where your accuracy from the spot will be put to the test! Be among the top 50 scorers and qualify for a chance to win up to $100,000 in cash!
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      316 22/23 ITE Skills Certificate (ISC) in Logistics Operations Conducted by Advance Supply Chain Training Centre ISC IN LOGISTICS OPERATIONS (Approved for SDF, MENDAKI SRP Funding) ISC in Logistics Operations is a nationally recognised programme,pproveor,unng designed for individuals working in Warehousing, Inventory, Transport, Customer Services, Quality, Production Materials Control. A 152-hour programme
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      50 24 FROM READER RANJIT SINGH SITTING PRETTY: This man was spotted at Fu Lu Shou Complex bus stop sitting on his stool, even though there are empty seats available. E-mail pictures to tnpclick@sph.com.sg and tell us where and when they were taken. Please include your full name and contact number.
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      542 24 FROM READER AARON CHEW Foreign domestic workers IREFER to the article, “Why Must I Pay?”,(TheNewPaper,June8). The case of Mr Tan Boon Leong and his wife, Madam Vu Thi Dung, who are stuck with a big medical bill for their maid, serves as a wake-up call to employers
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      188 24 FROM READER MICHELE ANNE MIRANDA I’MWRITINGaboutthesituationatthe Paya Lebar Circle Line station platform during the morning rush hour. SMRT staff hover around, urging passengers to board when the train doors open. This is ironic because we are also repeatedlytoldto“givewaytoalighting passengersbeforeboarding”. Usually
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      128 24 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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      98 25 Pixar’s TOY STORY 3 is finally out. With its declining boxoffice takings and better offerings from its rivals, have we outgrown both the toys and their makers? p26 WIN WANGZ HOTEL STAYS With the hit How To Train Your Dragon under his belt, Jay Baruchel continues his rise to stardom
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  • WE KNOW MOVIES FIRST
    • FIRSTFEATURE
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        1486 26/27  -  Woody and friends are back for their long-overdue swansong that will complete the Toy Story trilogy. But more high-quality fare from rival studiosarethreateningPixar’sreignasthekingofanimatedmovies FRAGILE2003It’safactthattheanimationworldisdomiPixar andDreamWorks. Competitionbettitanshasalwaysbeentight,withboth faofficesalmosteveryyear.Sowho’swin It’safactthattheanimationworldisdominatedbyamWorks. Competitionbetweenthetwithboth facingoffsof Pixar andDreamWorks. Competitionbetweenthetwoaysbeentight,withboth facingoffatboowho’swinningsofar? titanshasalwaysbeentight,withboth facingoffatboxteveryyear.Sowho’swinningsofar? officesalmosteveryyear.Sowho’swinningsofar? JOANNE SOH joannes@sph.com.sg Shrek is the only computer-generated animation franchises to
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        750 32/33  -  KWOK KAR PENG karpeng@sph.com.sg CallitIp Mandeja vu. There’sa newmovie on thelife ofWing Chunmaster IpManout nextweek the third flick revolving around the legendary martial arts hero in two years. Ip Man (2008) and its sequel, released earlier this year, starred Donnie Yen as the titular character. But unlike
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        526 32/33 Ifyou’vewatched both IpMan moviesstarring DonnieYen, then thissweetoldman shouldn’t be a stranger. He is Ip Chun, the elder son of the late Wing Chun legend Ip Man. Though portrayed as a young boy in the two movies, the real-life figure is 86 years old. Andhe’s notasharmless ashe
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        Lock icon FLICKS ON THE BALL
        792 37 Ole, ole, ole, ole, ole! Just because we spend half our time at the office face-deep in popcorn, Facebook updates and moviesdoesn’tmean we don’tappreciateother finer things in life. Like balls, for example, especially footballs. Nowthat World Cupfever ison, we’ve taken extended medical leave (cough, cough) to
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    • FIRSTINTERVIEW
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        Lock icon TOY MAN TRILOGY
        642 28 Tom Hanks is one of the world’stop-grossingstars, headlining blockbuster after blockbuster from The Da Vinci Code to Sleepless In Seattle to Forrest Gump for the past 20 years. He’salso the biggestname thatPixar– famous for using mostlylittle-known voicetalents inlead parts hasscored in the animationstudio’s 10-filmhistory. The 54-year-old US
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        Lock icon MAKING HIS NAME IN THE BIG LEAGUE
        642 34 Jay Baruchel is having a good year. No, make that a great year. You may remember the dorky cutie as one ofSethRogen’s slacker sidekicksin Knocked Up (2007) and the starry-eyed rookie amid a bunch of narcissistic A-list actors in Tropic Thunder (2008). But
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        Lock icon MEN OF ACTION
        619 36  -  Germaine Lim “Ground-breaking attempt”,“firsttime” and “youngestdirectors”. The press release of upcoming local action filmSteadfast ispeppered with such ambitious tags. Emerging local directors David Liu and LinusChen, both24, claim to beSingapore’s youngest action film-makers, having created “anindependentmovie with commercial sensibilities”. Chentold FiRST: “We’re notsaying we’re the youngest film-makers
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    • FIRSTBITES
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        Lock icon R-PATTZ BARES ALL...
        106 30 Robert Pattinson will be showing a different sideof himself– literally. His Edward persona from the Twilight films may be someone of restraint and propriety, but his role in period drama Bel Ami is vastly different. In it, he plays Georges Duroy, an amoral journalist who rises from
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        Lock icon ...BUT ANISTON WON'T
        85 30 Bad news for lusty Jennifer Aniston fans. She’snot goingnude despitecertain “reports”thathave beenflooding blogs. Yes,she’splaying asex-crazedwomanin HorribleBosses opposite ColinFarrell but the 41 -year-old will not be naked. Herrep told People magazine:“The partis provocative and sexual, but also hysterically funny. There are no plans for her to go fully
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        Lock icon REAL STEEL ROBOTS
        103 30 Here’sa firstglimpse ofHugh Jackman’s next opus, Real Steel. Set in 2020, when robots box for human entertainment, Jackman plays a down-and-out robot boxing promoter who may have found his way out of the dumps. Though the robots may not rival that of MichaelBay’s more famous transforming ’bots,youcanbe
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        Lock icon OUT IN FULL FORCE
        59 30 New cinematic trailers for LucasArts games Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 and Star Wars: The Old Republic have been, er, unleashed. We mention this simply because, in their combined 10-minute running time, they are immensely better than all three Star Wars prequels put together. To
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    • FIRSTREADERS
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        Lock icon This week’s winners
        83 31 The Karate Kid opened at No. 1 at the US box offices over the weekend. It’s asimilarstoryin Singapore.The remakeof the80s classic starring Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan took in about $1.6 million over the weekend, thanks to its broad appeal. FiRST reader Ramlan Rasidi (above) gives The
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    • MOVIEDATE
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        Lock icon SHE'S OUT OF MY LEAGUE
        469 38  -  A Mars versus Venus look attheweek’shottestmovie JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg JEANMARIE TAN jeanm@sph.com.sg She’sOut OfMy Leaguemight remindyoua bit of the recent Joseph Gordon-Levitt film (500) Days Of Summer. Both tell the story of a skinny, callow guy who ends up with a smoking hot babe, only
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    • REVIEWS
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        Lock icon TOY STORY 3
        118 38  -  Joanne Soh Pixar has again proved that with great storytelling comes great entertainment. Not only is Toy Story 3 unpredictable, funnyand exhilarating,you’llfind yourself rummaging for tissues at key scenes. Woody (Tom Hanks), Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) and gang wind up at a day-care centre due to a
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        Lock icon A BRAND NEW LIFE
        108 38  -  Charlene Chua It’s 1975 Korea.At an orphanage, nine-year-old Jin Hee (Sae Ron Kim) waits to be adopted. Whatshe can’tunderstandis whyher father would abandon her. After failed attempts to run away, she finally accepts her fate and hopes for a good family to take her in. Sae
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        61 38  -  Tan Kee Yun WatchingmediocreB-grademovies canbe apainin the neck. Buthavingtosit throughbad films that chuckthemselvesunder thepretentious art house bannerisfar worse. Historicaldrama Wheat– set against the backdropofChina’s Warring Statesperiod whiledepicting thehorrors ofa raging battlebetweenthe Qinand Zhao states is 100 minutesofexcruciating frustration. DoesdirectorHePingwantWheat tobe acomedyor hard-hitting war epic? FanBingbingflops inher performance asthestrong-willedLady Li.
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      • Article
        Lock icon STILL HOT
        84 38 Having simmered in their own succulent juices for the past week, these flicks have a meaty, full-bodied flavour that will leave your mouth wateringfor more. THE KARATE KID Pays respect to the original film but at the same time takes the material to a new level. Great performances
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    • FIRSTFASHION
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        Lock icon AMANDA RULES WITH BLACK & BLUE
        380 39  - AMANDA RULES WITH BLACK BLUE What’sthe story behind AmandaSeyfried’s obsession with blue and black on the red carpet? Jeanmarie Tan And on a related note, her obsession with movies about love letters? When the 24-year-old US actress was promotingJennifer’s Bodyand Chloe last year, she stepped out only in blue and
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    • FIRSTBUYS
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      543 56/57 Race1 MaidenJuvenilePlate 1000M 1 CRUNCHTIME57(20-8) RSimons (7) 1 9 SECRETFLAG57(292-46) DMansour (12) 2 5 MARKETDRIFT57(320-43) FHerholdt (3) 3 12 VICTORYSERENADE57(38-9) GFigueroa (10) 4 ?Trainer: P Matchett. Margins: Shd, hd, 4. Time:59.78sec (Going: Good). Forecast: $279. Place Forecast: $48 (Nos. 1-5), $77 (Nos. 1-9), $425 (Nos.
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      671 56/57 RACE1-1100m(Polytrack) C4 6.30 1 Afriend JPowell (2) 57 2 Subordinate TRBarnabas* (15) 57 3 Caiyaya JMoreira (7) 56 4 Lockdown BVorster (8) 55.5 5 GutsyBoxer MEwe* (14) 55 6 FastBreak VDuric (9) 54 7 GoldenSprint MZaki (12) 54 8 Elchase EAslam (1) 53.5
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      802 56/57 RACE1-1400m(Turf) C4D3 12.45 1 TouchLuck RStewart (10) 57.5 2 Unpickable VDuric (6) 57 3 JamalMalik BVorster (8) 56 4 Bassanio DBeasley (7) 55.5 5 RockYou OChavez (5) 55 6 MrMerciful JPowell (2) 54 7 StreetLegal KBSoo (4) 53.5 8 CashHunter MEwe* (9) 53
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      488 56/57 RACE1 GRIFFINTURF 1200m 5 FULFILAWISH124(7-8) DWHYTE (10) 1 6 HINYUENPALADIN124(35-5) KWLEUNG (11) 2 8 CAPTAINSWEET117(46-11) DBEADMAN (2) 3 12 TURBOKING117(182-31) BPREBBLE (9) 4 ?Trainer: J Size. Margins: 1.75, nk. Time: 1min 10.67sec (Going: good). Forecast: $13. Place Forecast: $5 (Nos. 5-6), $4 (Nos. 5-8),
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      31 55 Wednesday,June 16 2010 First Second Third 3713 3273 3578 Starters 1616 1789 1118 0426 9476 8585 3034 5536 0960 1714 Consolations 3579 2655 7645 2734 9856 8508 6804 6666 1753 3855
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      396 57  -  BALESTIERKHALSA0 ETOILE 3 (Frederic Mendy 7,27, Matthias Verschave 24) REPORT: SHEA JOHN DRISCOLL npsports@sph.com.sg JUST how do you stop Frederic Mendy? Etoile’s gangly striker has scored four goals in his last three games to propel his side to the summit of the S-League. And the 21-year-old
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      103 57 SHE used to watch Malaysia Cup matches with her husband. And now Dinah Koh, 50, has the perfect chance to reignite her passion for football. That’sbecauseMsKoh won apair ofticketsto a World Cup quarter-final match and $1,500 in The New Paper S-League World Cup Promotion.
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      Lock icon Mickelson's best shot at snatching No 1 spot?
      496 57 GOLF AP HE’S inching closer to Tiger Woods and is now officially one-up on Woods in moments that make you want to cry. A simple hug with his ailing wife off the 18th green at Augusta National had people reaching for tissues.
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      86 57 SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong is the new patron of Tanah Merah Country Club. SM Goh assumes the position with immediate effect. Tanah Merah CC chairman Ng KeeChoe said: “Wewarmly welcome Senior Minister Goh. TMCC is greatly privileged and honoured to have him as our
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      569 59 They out-rebound Celtics to set up showdown in Game 7 GAME6 (Lakers 89 Celtics67, Seriestied at3-3) Wire Services EVERYBODY expected Kobe Bryant to try and do everything on the night to keep the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Finals. True to form, he
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      95 59 WORLDCUP2010 Tonight: ARGENTINAvSOUTH KOREA StarHubTVCh261 mio TV Ch88, 7.30pm GREECEvNIGERIA StarHubTVCh261 mio TV Ch88, 10pm Tomorrow: FRANCEv MEXICO StarHubTVCh261 mio TV Ch88, 2.30am GERMANYvSERBIA StarHubTVCh261 mio TV Ch88, 7.30pm SLOVENIAv US StarHubTVCh261 mio TV Ch88, 10pm Saturday: ENGLANDv ALGERIA StarHubTVCh261 mio TV Ch88, 2.30am HOLLANDvJAPAN StarHubTVCh261 mio TV Ch88, 7.30pm
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      45 1 Spain 0 Switzerland 1 SWISS ROLLED World Cup favourites crumble against resolute Switzerland PICTURE: GETTY IMAGES Standing tall with Team England 5 t 9 yr -T5i ,<T (pHsUjrg I, t< J £>35*%SE Cheer Team England on with Carlsberg and win! Visit www.partofthegame.com.sg or www.facebook.com/Carlsberg.Singapore 36
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      59 1 Inside BRAZIL IN SEMIS? Not a chance when its team is stuffed with EPL rejects, says S Murali Page 9 REPEAT HISTORY: In 1986, his fierce tackles brought down Maradona. Now South Korea's coach, can he do it again? Page 14 GOAL DROUGHT: An average of 1.56 goals per game
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        Lock icon CREDIT SWISS
        618 2 / 3  -  MRZrMAN REPORTING FROM DURBAN GROUPH SPAIN0 SWITZERLAND 1 (Gelson Fernandes 52) GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg THEY huffed and puffed, but they just couldn’t bring the house down. Spaincameintheiremperors’clothes.Champions of Europe, and the favourites to lift the World Cup in South Africa, all they were expected to do was tango
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        Lock icon Safer than a Swiss bank
        617 4 / 5 THE Spanish Armada was in town, led by the big guns ofXavi, Andres Iniesta, David Silva and David Villa. But they did not count on a brilliantly-coached Swiss side, with goalkeeper Diego Benaglio in excellent form. The 26-year-old Swiss goalkeeper, who plays for German club
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        Lock icon THOUGHT Of The day
        55 4 / 5  -  between.– Shazalina Salim What happened to the good old days of sexy jerseysand smallshorts? With women’s clothes shrinking in relation to the worsening global warming, football shorts seem to get longer and looser instead. And with goals trickling in sparsely this World Cup, bare-chested celebrations are
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        Lock icon 1. OLE, CHILE!
        310 6 / 7  -  GROUPH HONDURAS0 CHILE 1 (Jean Beausejour 34) DAVID LEE npsports@sph.com.sg IN ONE of the few good matches at South Africa 2010 so far, Chile produced the flair to dispose of a decent-looking Honduras and notch their first World Cup win since they hosted the soccer showpiece in
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        Lock icon 2 .Just who is this intriguing Isla?
        242 6 / 7  -  DAVID LEE THERE was a curious sighting in the second half when the Chile right-back rose in between the Honduras’ centre-backs to power a header at goal. Just what was Mauricio Isla doing so high up the field during open play? Well you
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        Lock icon Chileans can go far
        510 6 / 7  -  {"ANALYST Our analyst says Chile will progress to the next round without any problems SLOBODAN PAVKOVIC TSANG WING HAN npsports@sph.com.sg Finally, we have a team that loves to attack? YES, I felt this was one of the best performance by a team in this World Cup
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        Lock icon Final WHISTLE
        219 6 / 7  -  DAVID LEE MAGIC MOMENT: Alexis Sanchez must be heralded here for living up to his reputation as a trickster. Jinking runs, check, Stepovers, check. Sneaky dives, check. LASER-GUIDED: Sanchez also produced theassist for Chile’sgoalwhen his dangerous cut-back was headed by Honduras’SergioMendozainto Jean Beausejour and then beyond Noel Valladares.
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        Lock icon JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH, BRAZIL
        536 8 / 9  -  GROUP G BRAZIL 2 (Maicon 55, Elano 72) NORTH KOREA 1 (Ji Yun Nam 89) mvMAN REPORTING FROM JOHANNESBURG GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg ONE WOULD have thought that Brazil had already qualified for the second round. The utter lack of urgency smacked of complacency. Even an
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        Lock icon A team of who's who is now just.. .Who?
        564 8 / 9  -  COMMENT:SMURALI S MURALI muralis@sph.com.sg The writer is the news editor of The New Paper. THEproblemwith legends isthattheydon’t die easily. Pele, Tostao, Zico, Socrates, Junior, Eder,Ronaldo,Romario, Ronaldinho– the names still slip off the tongue as easily as their owners glided across the
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      Lock icon North Korea’s crybaby soccer star
      882 10 / 11 Jong Tae Se gets emotional when he hears the national anthembutthenhe’snot your typical footballer AP HE PLAYS like Wayne Rooney but behaves more like David Beckham. He loves his cars, his rap music and his clothes, and changes hairstyles more often than you cansay “KimJong
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      Lock icon Stern coach breaks out in smiles
      351 10 / 11 NORTH Korean coach Kim Jong Hun is a tough nut. This is how Goal.com’s John Duerden described him: “The last time I saw Kim Jong Hun was in April 2009 in Seoul. The chubby-cheeked coach of North Korea walked out of a press conference
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      Lock icon North and South united over victory
      363 10 / 11 AFP NORTH Korea’s first World Cup goal for 44 years against five-time winners Brazil brought delight to the isolated communist nation’s fans and stoked dreams of reunification with South Korea. While their tireless team eventually went down 2-1, supporters based in both Japan and
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      Lock icon ENIGMATIC Maradona
      714 12  -  Unpredictable, at times bizarre, and now the darling of his players, the Argentina coach edges closer to emulating the feat ofBeckenbauer ANDREW WARSHAW Special Correspondent The writer is a former sports editor of The European and a regular contributor to daily and Sunday national newspapers in the UK
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      Lock icon Mexico aim to heap misery on France
      626 22 Wire Services AFTERruining South Africa’sopeningparty plans, Mexico take on an unsteady France side tonight (2.30am, Singapore time), eager to highlight their growing reputation as World Cup gatecrashers. France’shousehold names hold no fears for a side which upset champions Italy 2-1 in a warm-up
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      Lock icon STARRY WORLD CUP
      510 23 AP SHAKIRAdancedwithschoolchildreninSoweto. Juanes debuted a single. Akon launchedaclothingline. Andevenafewcelebritieswith morethan onenameshowedupfortheWorldCup. The tournament that kicked off in Johannesburg on Jun 11, being held for the first time in Africa, is the biggest event on the calendaroftheworld’smostpopularsport. It has drawn hundreds of thousands to South Africa and attracted
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      Lock icon FOOTBALLING VIEWS FROM FAIRWAYS
      191 23 AP THOUGH they’re covering golf, not football, members of the British media at the US Open are still focusing on Robert Green’s blunder that gave the United States a 1-1 draw with England on Saturday. It has been widely regarded as one of the worst goals
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    • WORLD CUP 2010 Betting
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        Lock icon Expect the goals to start flowing in
        627 2424/25  -  kSTiPSTER BRIAN MILLER npsports@sph.com.sg NOW is the time. With all teams having played one match, there can be no more excuses. They know how vicious Jabulani can be under true match conditions and, by now, they should have got used to the racket
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        Lock icon Whither the weather?
        362 2424/25 PITY the kit-men at the World Cup Finals. They have to stock up different jerseys for different matches. A set for warm weather and another when the elements get nasty. In South Africa, you get the best or the worst of both. And sometimes it affects the
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        Lock icon Greek tragedy in South Africa
        374 2424/25  -  Conspiracy Theory ERIC DING npsports@sph.com.sg WERE you surprised at the manner in which Greece went down to South Korea in the first round? The 2004 European champions suffered a 2-0 defeat without even putting up a decent fight. It was obvious that the score wasn’t
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        Lock icon Softer vuvuzela buzz on TV
        310 2424/25 Wire Services HOST Broadcast Services, the company that provides the broadcast feed for the World Cup, said it has doubled its audio filters to reduce the constant blaring buzz of vuvuzelas. That, after television viewers around the globe complained that the sound from the plastic
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      Lock icon TNP SOCCER BABES
      230 26 Meet Spain supporter WAHID AH IBRAHIM, orWID BRAZIL 2 NORTH KOREA 1 IT WAS a terrific defensive display by the North Koreans in the first half, limiting the Brazilians to taking long-range shots from outside the box. The Koreans were good at holding the ball and tough
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      Lock icon Soccer Babe's Slovak surprise
      185 26 ONE of my closest friends is a Slovakian beauty named Lucia. The current face of the sponsors of Slovakia’s football team, Lenovo and Datalan, she has the opportunity of a lifetime to fly to South Africa to support her nation’s World Cup quest. She called to
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      Lock icon HOW FAR WILL ITALY GO IN SOUTH AFRICA?
      422 26 CENTRE CIRCLE THEY say winning is hard, but staying at the top is even more difficult. France proved it in 2002, when the 1998 world champions exited the group stages without even scoring. Following that lacklustre draw against Paraguay, how far can
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      146 26 WORLD CUP 2010 Tonight: ARGENTINA v SOUTH KOREA StarHub TV Ch 261 &mioTVCh 88, 7.30pm GREECE v NIGERIA StarHub TV Ch 261 mio TV Ch 88,10pm Tomorrow: FRANCE v MEXICO StarHub TV Ch 261 mio TV Ch 88,2.30am Catch live telecasts of the World Cup matches at your
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      Lock icon 3 brothers in the same squad
      538 27 World Cup first for Honduras HONDURAS will be the first country to field three brothers in a World Cup squad, after Jerry Palacios was called up because another player was injured. The midfielder will arrive today in Johannesburg to replace the injured Julio Cesar
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      Lock icon Other World Cup family trees
      219 27 Ivory Coast THE Toures enjoy a strong bond formed through their poverty-stricken upbringing in Abidjan. “It gives us both more strength knowing that we are there to support each other and watch out for each other,” said Kolo (left), who in order for him and
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      Lock icon Waiting. .. and waiting.. .and waiting... for the goal rush
      703 28  - Waiting. and waiting.. .and waiting... for the goal rush DAVID LEE npsports@sph.com.sg SOUTH AFRICA may be well-known as a land of diamonds and gold, but at the World Cup, teams are finding it tough to mine some precious goals. With goals at a premium, the first World Cup to be
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      281 2 / 3 GROUPH SPAIN0 SWITZERLAND 1 (Gelson Fernandes 52) PICTURE:REUTERS Italycouldonlynotcha1-1drawagainstParaguay. AndNorthKorearemindedthetopgunsthatthere are no more easy games in the World Cup by restrict-ingBraziltoamere2-1victory. Spainfellintothesametrap,despitethenumerous warnings sounded by the underdogs since the openinggame. Andtheypaidtheprice. ThisWorldCupislikenootherforSpain. For probably the first time, they are not the dark horsesofthetournament,orlabelledasa“possible surprise package”. They came to South Africa
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  • WORLD CUP 2010 Match Preview
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      Lock icon He tried to stop Maradona ...and failed
      266 14 / 15 Reuters ON THE same month 24 years ago,Argentina’sDiegoMaradona faced a relentless marker. This man not only followed him all over the pitch, he also tried his best to kick pieces out of the Argentine superstar, in a 1986 World Cup group match in
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      351 14 / 15 Wire Services HAVING failed to stop Diego Maradona in 1986, South Korean coach Huh Jung Moo’s biggest task tonight will be halting another left-footed genius in Lionel Messi. According to sources, Huh is planning to use Celtic midfielder Ki Sung Yueng for the job tonight. But
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      Lock icon 1. Of Lions, Tigers and a Blue Dragon
      502 16 / 17  -  DAVID LEE npsports@sph.com.sg AFTER the first round of group action, Group B seems to be whereallthe actionis at– despiteonly threegoalsscored. And tonight’s clash between the titans of South America and Asia promises to be a fascinating encounter. Argentina’s slim 1-0 victory over
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      342 16 / 17  -  DAVID LEE OLD FOES Diego Maradona and Huh Jung Moo will renew some old rivalry tonight. Back when both were still players, the South Korea coach was the man assigned Argentina’s coach when their teams met in the 1986 World Cup opener a
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      Lock icon Veron out of action
      131 16 / 17 Reuters MIDFIELDER Juan Sebastian Veron will miss Argentina’s World Cup Group B match against South Korea at Johannesburg’s Soccer City tonight with a minor leg muscle injury, coach Diego Maradona said yesterday. Maradona, who confirmed an otherwise unchanged team, said he did not want to run
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      Lock icon South Koreans can surprise
      614 16 / 17  -  ovmLYST TOHARI PAIJAN TSANGWING HAN npsports@sph.com.sg SOUTH Korea were impressive against Greece, making the most of the Greeks’poorperformanceto win2-0. But against Argentina, they will be facing quite an uphill task. Expect South Korea to step up their defence just like what they did in their recent
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      Lock icon Greece coach: LISTEN to me or LEAVE
      639 18 / 19 AP GREECE and Nigeria are in the same predicament ahead of their World Cup Group B match tonight lose and they’re almost certain of a first-round exit. But Otto Rehhagel’s Greek line-up’s position is even more grim. Nigeria conceded only one goal and
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      Lock icon Eagles to beat toothless Greeks
      564 18 / 19  -  iomjWALYST TOHARI PAIJAN TSANG WING HAN npsports@sph.com.sg GREECE had a very poor showing against South Korea in the opening round of matches and I expect it to continue. Of the 32 teams, they have the thinnest squad and you really don’t see any players Otto
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      578 20 / 21 AFP TROUBLED France tackle Mexico in a crucial Group A showdown tomorrow morning, desperate for a win that would raise morale and open the doors to the last 16. Les Bleus reached two of the last three finals crushing Brazil 3-0 in the 1998 Paris climax with Zinedine
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      Lock icon Domenech has to get his squad right
      316 20 / 21  -  rOMANALYST TOHARI PAIJAN TSANG WING HAN TOHARI PAIJAN npsports@sph.com.sg IN THE game against Uruguay, France were too predictable with their tactics. Every ball went to Franck Ribery at the wings either left or right and that gave the opponents an opportunity to mark
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      Lock icon Crispy chicken fillets
      97 20 / 21  -  &CHEF HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg FANCY some munchies during the matches? Fry up some crispy chicken fillets for a snack with a crunchy kick. Ingredients 250g chicken fillets, cut into bite-sized pieces. 1 egg white 11/2tsp corn flour Oil for deep frying Seasoning mix 1 tsp rice wine
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      79 2424/25 Contest winner TNP-CARLSBERG WORLD CUP CONTEST Question: Who will be England's goalkeeper when they play the United States in their first match on June 12? Answer: Robert Green. The lucky winner picked from a random draw: Name: Peter Wong Kin Hong IC No: 151XXXXG He will receive a pair of
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