The New Paper, 26 December 2010

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    14 1 The New Paper on sun day DEC 26 2010 80 CENTS MICA (P) 118/01/2010
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      62 1 AND THE SURPRISE WINNERS ARE... Soccer’s greatest team of all time Flame Awards 33 30 S’PORE EDUCATION SHOCKER Demoted from Pri 5 to Pri 2 in one school to Pri 6 in another EDUCATION GPC CHAIRMAN JOSEPHINE TEO: ‘How did this happen?’8 TNP PICTURE: KUA CHEE SIONG Is Changi Village
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      36 1 CHRISTMAS CARNAGE 43 dead as suicide bomber strikes in Pakistan 24 38 killed in attacks on churches in Nigeria 25 WET CHRISTMAS Downpour does not dampen Orchard Rd party Bondi Beach splash 11 22 *****1 *****9
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      Lock icon Married pilot rents homes here for his 3 LOVERS
      1000 2/3  -  ChangiVillagenicknamed‘MistressVillage’asmarried men keep their girlfriends in rented homes there REPORTS: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg FOR many who are familiar with the area, Changi Village is popularly known as a weekend haunt offering good food, sand and sea, plus a lovely night ambience.
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      Lock icon She moves out after being dumped by lover
      437 2/3 THE figures are vague, particularly since some of the tenants move in and out quite often. But through sources, The New Paper on Sunday team was able to identify and confirm that there were four other women who are mistresses in a
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      Lock icon Residents upset with 'mistress' tag
      550 4  -  REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg THAT Changi Village is known as a “mistress village” may well be an open secret that is, if the responses from a random pool of people are of any indication. The New Paper on Sunday first learned of this through a
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      Lock icon 'Don't reveal her real age or else...'
      932 6  -  Mother of maid accused of killing disabled girl says she hadphone call tellinghertolieaboutdaughter’sage REPORT: LEDIATI TAN ledtan@sph.com.sg HER daughter has been accused of killing her employer’s only child in Singapore, but that was not all that the Indonesian housewife had to contend with.
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      Lock icon Boy's roller-coaster ride in primary school
      876 8 / 9  -  He’llgotoPri6afterseveral promotions and a demotion REPORT:BENSON BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg MUHAMMAD Iskandar Abdul Razak’s primary school life has been played out like a game of snakes and ladders. He was demoted from Primary 5 to Pri 2 and then promoted to Pri 3, Pri 5
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      Lock icon 'Why didn't school intervene earlier?'
      489 8 / 9 THE school should have done something to help Iskandar earlier, said Mrs Josephine Teo, chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) for Education. In an e-mail reply, she asked The NewPaperonSunday:“Howdidthis happen?” She went on to add that she was surprised and concerned at such
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      Lock icon How did boy even get promoted?
      353 8 / 9  -  COMMENT:SANTOKHSINGH SANTOKH SINGH santokh@sph.com.sg WHILEMuhammadIskandar’sstoryisinspirationalin that it highlights the difference a good home backgroundcanmakeinachild’seducation,itisalso one that is asking of questions on several fronts. Most important of which is: How did he get promoted from Pri 2 to Pri 5 before the school realised that
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      Lock icon 'I can really feel the spirit here'
      535 10 / 11  -  Filipinahasn’tbeenhomeforChristmasfor15years REPORT: LEDIATI TAN ledtan@sph.com.sg THISisher15thChristmasawayfromhome.But for Filipino foreign domestic worker Ms Gem, 37, the spirit of Christmas is never too faraway. Yesterday,sheandabout10ofherfriends,alsofrom the Philippines, created their own festive cheer at the SingaporeBotanicalGardens. All of them are domestic workers working for familieswholiveinAspenHeightsinRiverValley. MsGemhasnotspentChristmasathomesinceshe
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      Lock icon Rain puts damper on grand finale
      433 10 / 11  -  70,000show up for Christmas show on Orchard Road REPORT: BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg THEgrand finale ofyesterday evening’sGrandConcert Extravaganza at Orchard Road was to be a rousing performance of various entertainers singing together as a chorus. But it was not to be. At 9.40pm, the finale
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      Lock icon 3 held for MRT graffiti
      455 12  -  Suspects allegedly vandalised pillars and buildings REPORT:BENSON BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg FOR more than a month, graffiti had been appearing on MRT pillars and the buildings in the eastern part of Singapore. And it took extensive investigations by the police before they finally arrested three men
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      Lock icon Soon: An olive grove by the Bay
      390 13  -  Olive trees as old as 1,000years will be on display at Gardens By The Bay next year REPORT: chaihyn@sph.com.sg CHAI HUNG YIN chaihyn@sph.com.sg YOUnolongerhavetoflytoEuropejustto have a look at 1,000-year-old olive trees. Instead, the natives of the Mediterranean region are now in Singapore, brought
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      Lock icon Green bay
      611 14 / 15  -  Singaporewillsoonhaveanewnationalicon– amegagardeninthecity.Infographics journalistsCHNGCHOONHIONGandLEEHUP KHENG preview the Gardens By The Bay Marina Bay is set to be transformed... HNG CHOON HIONG, LEE HUP KHENG ULTRA-MODERN twin domes housing exotic flora from faraway lands. Futuristic tree-like superstructures standing up to 50m tall. Self-cleansing lakes containing a finely-tuned ecosystem. These are
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      Lock icon Floral showcase
      151 14 / 15 The plants on display range from rare tropical species from our own rainforests to exotic ones that can only survive in the climatecontrolled conservatories. In the outdoor gardens Name: Encephalartos gratus Origin: Tropical Africa Description: Living fossil species. Name: Ceiba speciosa Origin: Brazil and Argentina Description: Large pink-flowered
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      Lock icon She gives up family reunion for patients
      551 16 / 17  -  The real Christmas spirit REPORT: VEENA BHARWANI veenab@sph.com.sg DURING Christmas, most foreign Catholics here would have headed back to their home countries to spend time with their loved ones. But Filipino staff nurse Yvonne Florentino has, instead, chosen to spend her Christmas tending
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      Lock icon The 'forgotten' who bring cheer to the needy
      209 16 / 17  -  REPORT:GAN GAN LING KAI ganlk@sph.com.sg THEYwere oncein prison andsaw few orno visitors. Nowthe 38 residents and11 male staffmembers allformerconvicts of TheNewCharisMission (TNCM) halfway houseat SeletarHills Drive are spreadingthe festivecheer. OnDec 21, theytook 78 seniorsliving in Block217, Ang Mo Kio Avenue1, on a
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      Lock icon SPP member questions fairness
      572 18  -  S Kunalen(above) asks why disciplinary action not implemented fairly across the board REPORT:LEDIATI LEDIATI TAN ledtan@sph.com.sg IF MR Desmond Lim is facing disciplinary proceedings, then why not the other party members who have also acted out of line? This was a question posed by Singapore People’s
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      Lock icon MPs favour practical presents for their kids
      529 20  -  The New Paper on Sunday finds out what some younger MPs gave their children for Christmas REPORT:TAYSHI’AN TAY SHI'AN shian@sph.com.sg Mrs Josephine Teo, 42, MP for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC Gift for her son, 12, and twin girls, 10: The gift of time Price:
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      Lock icon FAN FURY
      340 21 Poor ticket sales system for second leg of Suzuki Cup finalleavesIndonesianfootballfansfuming THOUSANDS of Indonesian fans (above) waited in queues for hours to buy tickets for the second leg of the Asian Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup football final on Wednesday. But they were livid with what they called
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      Lock icon Businessman: KL cop threatened to inject me with drugs
      327 21 HE called it a nightmare which lasted 24 hours. Mr Chia Buang Hing (below), 34, a businessman, said he was allegedly beaten up by policemen in different locations in Kuala Lumpur. They also threatened to take RM13,000 (S$5,460) from himandruin hisbusiness,
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        Lock icon Little town of Bethlehem sees revival after violence
        585 22 / 23 Tourists return to Jesus’birthplace as fighting in the area declines INBETHLEHEM,itwasthebusiestChrist-masinyears.Over 100,000 pilgrims have poured into the West Bank town since Christmas Eve, twice as many as last year, Israeli military officialssaid. They said this was the highest number of holiday visitors
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        Lock icon Tourists choose sunny Sydney beach over Europe's Christmas freeze
        230 22 / 23 FLOODS in Queensland, Australia. Snow and blizzards in Europe. Airports shut down in several cities. But all that seemed so far away as Beachenjoyedaperfectdayofsunand surfyesterday. Britishbackpackersandtourists fromasfarasPolandthrongedthe beachinajoyfulescapefromthe freezingtemperaturesbackhome, AustralianAssociatedPressreported. force taking advantage of the warm weather on the beach. Some
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        Lock icon US shoppers return in full force for the holidays
        339 22 / 23 AFTERtwodrearyyears,thisyear’sChristmas will go down in history as the holiday Americans rediscovered how much they like to shop. People spent more than expected on family and friends, and splurged on themselves, too. Clothing such as fur vests and beaded sweaters replaced practical
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    • Christmas CARNAGE
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        Lock icon Blast rips apart Pakistan aid centre
        482 24 / 25 At least 43 killed in what appearstobecountry’sfirst suicide attack by a woman ASUICIDEbomber,believedtobeawoman,deto-natedherexplosives-ladenvest,killingatleast43people at an aid distribution centre in north-westernPakistanyesterday. Thebombingappeared to bethe firstsuicide attack stagedbyawomaninPakistan, anditunderscoredthe resilience of militant groups in the country’s tribal belt despiteongoingmilitaryoperationsagainstthem. The bomber struck in the main city
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        Lock icon Churches bombed
        315 24 / 25 A SERIES of unprecedented Christmas Eve bomb blasts and attacks on churches have left at least 38 people dead in Nigeria as authorities worked yesterday to keep the violence from spreading. Seven explosions went off in two different areas of the flashpoint city of Jos in central Nigeria,
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        Lock icon At EU airports, a flight out is Xmas gift
        207 24 / 25 PASSENGERS spent the holiday weekend camped in airports in Paris and Brussels after new snowfall and shortages of de-icing fluid disrupted travel across Europe. A safety alert about the security of a snow-lad-en terminal roof at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport
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        Lock icon Hotels see better occupancy; factory output up 40% in Nov
        375 26 / 27 HOTELS and the manufacturing sector have posted big gains as the year comes to a close. With a record number of visitors in Singapore this year, hotels say that business is almost back to 2008’s pre-crisis levels, reported Channel NewsAsia.
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        Lock icon Powerful earthquake strikes Vanuatu
        413 26 / 27 TSUNAMI WARNING CALLED OFF AFP A POWERFUL 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck near the western Pacific nation of Vanuatu late yesterday, triggering a small tsunami on the sixth anniversary of the Indian Ocean disaster. The shallow quake generated a tsunami, the Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said, but
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        43 26 / 27 SEASON’SSHOOTINGS:USsoldiersreturning fire aftera sudden attack by Taleban fighters in a small outpost in eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border on Friday. The soldiers, who were celebrating Christmas Eve, had rushed to their defensive positions still wearing their Santa hats. PICTURE: AP
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        Lock icon Somali terror suspects arrested in Netherlands after tip-off
        103 26 / 27 AFP TWELVE Somalis suspected of involvement in terrorist activities have been arrested in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, the Netherlands prosecution service said yesterday. A statement said the arrests were made late on Friday following a tip-off by Dutch intelligence. The
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        Lock icon China hikes interest rates again to curb inflation
        109 26 / 27 AFP CHINA’S central bank yesterday raised interest rates for the second time in less than three months as authorities ramp up efforts to curb borrowing, rein in property prices and tame inflation. The People’s Bank of China said in a brief one-line
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        Lock icon Indian space rocket explodes after lift-off
        92 26 / 27 AFP AN INDIAN space rocket carrying a communications satellite exploded yesterday after lifting off from southern India, live TV footage showed. The rocket exploded in a plume of smoke and fire moments after taking off from the Sriharikota launch site, some 80km from the
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        Lock icon Seoul frees Chinese fishermen involved in maritime scuffle
        105 26 / 27 AP SOUTH Korea has released three Chinese fishermen after questioning them over a maritime scuffle. Coast guard official Roh Sang Gue said they were handed over to Chinese diplomats yesterday at the Incheon International Airport. The coast guard has said that about
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        Lock icon Christmas bird waiting to hatch
        447 26 / 27  -  Bryna Sim A BABY black palm cockatoo could soon join three other siblings that recently hatched in the Jurong BirdPark. The Christmas bird has almost fully emerged from its egg. As of last night, the hatchling has not come out of its shell yet. Said
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        Lock icon N Korea: Family reunions threatened by investigations
        84 26 / 27 AFP PYONGYANG has warned that new efforts by Seoul to investigate alleged wartime abductions of South Koreans by the North would endanger further reunions of separated families. Aspokesmanfor theNorth’sNationalReconciliation Council denounced the efforts by the South Koreangovernmentasa“smear campaign”. Earlier this month, South Korea
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        Lock icon Downtown East chalets fully booked for year-end fun
        96 26 / 27 DESPITE last month’s gang attack at Downtown East, demand for chalets during the year-end holiday period is still strong, reported Channel NewsAsia. NTUC Club, which operates the chalets, said occupancy rates are full similar to the same period last year. The only
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        Lock icon Charity cannot wait for Xmas
        363 29  -  THE BUZZ COMMENT:GAN GAN LING KAI ganlk@sph.com.sg WOULDN’TitbeniceifChristmaslastsforever?Notjustbecauseyouwouldthenwakeuptoapublic holiday every day, but also because Decemberisthemonthmanyofusgetourbonuses. Andprobablyforthatreason,Christmasisoftenthe seasonofgenerosity. Regardless of religion, many people seem to be more charitable than usual at this time not just with theirfinances,butwiththeirtime,smilesandlove. Homes for the aged, hospices and orphanages are kept
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        Lock icon SINGAPORE HAPPINESS INDEX
        144 29 Weratepastweek’snews–goodandbad -10 Ithasn’tbeen a good winter in Europe. If there are no strikes or protests, the place is snowed under, with flights, trains and road travel severely affected, and some football matches cancelled. -10 Figures from the National Environment Agency show that 1,687 rat enclaves were foundthisyear
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        Lock icon OVERHEARD ON THE STREETS
        28 29 “AllIwantfor Christmas is good weathertoday.” –Womancomplainingtoafriendabout the recent spate of bad weather during the festive period “WhatdidAdamsay on the day before Christmas?It’s Christmas,Eve!” –MantellingafriendaChristmasjoke
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    • Flame Awards: The Results
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        Lock icon NORLEENA SALIM Babe of the year
        368 30/31  -  You came, you saw, you voted. We present those whorose to thetopof thisyear’s Flame Awards REPORT: JULIANA JUNE RASUL julrasul@sph.com.sg CALL it the most unexpected response ever from a Babe Of The Year winner. “Where is the nearest building and canIjumpoffit?” When we first
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        Lock icon MANI Dude oftheyear
        471 30/31  -  REPORT:JULIANA JULIANA JUNE RASUL julrasul@sph.com.sg THE situation was quite telling of how far our Dude Of The Year winner has fallen since his glory days as a World Cup betting prodigy. While we were snapping pictures of him for this story, he was heckled by a passer-by.
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        Lock icon JACK NEO Turn-off of the year
        351 30/31  -  REPORT:KWOK KWOK KAR PENG karpengk@sph.com.sg JACK Neo won by a landslide. But for once, the local movie director is not pleased at all. In fact, he was extremely turned off when we presented him the Turn-off Of The Year trophy. The 50-year-old received 222
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        Lock icon JOANNE PEH Flasher of the year
        267 32  -  REPORTS:KWOKKAR KWOK KAR PENG karpengk@sph.com.sg LOOKS like Joanne Peh is becoming a regular on our Flame Awards honour roll. After winning the Foreign Talent Appreciation award last year for her romance with US actor Bobby Tonelli, the 28-year-old actress has nowbeen named Flasher Of
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        Lock icon FELICIA CHIN Could’ve Been Queen Award
        318 32 SHEwas a“princess”and wasvoted byyou asone whoCould’veBeen Queen– ifshe didn’t quit MediaCorp prematurely in May, that is. Yet, Felicia Chin is currently sleeping on floors, washing toilets, clearing sinks and throwing out the rubbish in the Philippines. Chin, 26, is now a full-time business administration
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        Lock icon SUN HO Shocker of the year
        272 37  -  REPORTS: TAN KEE YUN keeyunt@sph.com.sg ITWASaresultthatcertainlyliveduptoitstitle.This year’s Shocker Of The Year winner was deemed a shoo-in from the start. Who else could outdo Jack Neo, who rocked the nation and hogged headlineswithhissensationalextra-maritalaffair? Butthepublicvotessurprisedevenus. LocalpopstarSunHo,40,scoredalandslidevictory with235votes,beatingNeo’s140votes. Ho’s lifestyle in Los Angeles’ Hollywood Hills she rentedaSpanishMediterranean-styleestatethesizeof
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        Lock icon JJ LIN Si Beh Suay Award
        283 37 IN the end, ill health, money woes and beingassociatedwith oneofthe year’s most nauseating sports cheers provoked more sympathy than being an inadvertent “victim”ofSingapore’s biggestcelebrity sex scandal. While freelance model Wendy Chong gainedinfamy– as well assnideremarks aboutherlooks(or lackthereof) for beingJack Neo’smistress, shebecame the biggest loser
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        Lock icon And the Boomz Award goes to... FOYCE LE XUAN
        517 38  -  REPORT:CHARLENE CHARLENE CHUA cchar@sph.com.sg SHE rose from obscurity to being a household name faster than you can say boomz. Who can deny the controversial whirlwind that is FoyceLeXuan? Her moniker alone she was born Florence but decided to rename herself after
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    • Enjoy Shopping
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          Lock icon New gear for the new year
          542 40  -  Youdon’thaveto bust your budget to be on trend, just add some new pieces YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sph.com.sg IN A WEEK, it’ll be a brand new year, and it’s just the right time to update your wardrobe. There is no need to change it all,
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    • Enjoy 2 Wheels Good
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        Lock icon It's a smart ride that makes dollar sense
        645 41  -  Honda’snewscootermaynot packalotofpower,butit’sa great machine fornewbies and the eco-conscious biker ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF BIKER BOY zaihan@sph.com.sg RARELY do you get to ride a motorcycle that seems to make sense. In light of rising fuel and COE prices and the need to be gentler
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    • Enjoy Table For 4
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        Lock icon Witn a view to impress
        459 42  -  CHERYL LIM cheryll@sph.com.sg IN THE past year, about six new sky-high venues have sprung up, each providing different city views. They include Stellar and 1-Altitude at 1 Raffles Place, Sands SkyPark at Marina Bay Sands and Lantern bar at The Fullerton Bay Hotel. Salt Grill,
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        Lock icon Try this to spice up your love
        434 43  -  HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg AGOODcurry,likeanexcitingtumultousloveaffair,isunforgettablebutnotforthefaint-hearted.There is no fixed formula for success, but aim for a definingkickofspiciness. Try this devil’s curry-inspired version, with a sour tang fromliberalsplashesofvinegar–muchmorepalatablethan acidic jealousy over a hot lover. But be prepared to go through culinary hell just from pounding and
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    • Enjoy Family Matters
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        Lock icon No Jurassic Park for the Spawn
        356 44  -  EUGENE WEE FATHER FIGURES eugenew@sph.com.sg HEREisatipforyou,dearreader.Ifyouhaveachildwhoisaboutthreeyearsold,do not, under any circumstances, allow them towatchthemovieJurassicPark. Yes,Iknowitseemslikearidiculouslyobvioustip. Giant monsters with sharp teeth eating people with a roar that you can literally feel (with the appropriate sub-woofer)? Fileunder“Notchild-friendly”.Duh. Here’sthepartwhereItellyouhowIchancedupon thispearlofwisdom. The Spawn, for some reason, has a thing
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        559 44  -  REPORT: JOANNE SOH joannes@sph.com.sg THE countdown begins. Is your Primary 1 child ready for Jan 4? The key to overcoming the stress of the first-day-of-school jitters is preparation. We speak to St Margaret’s Primary School principal Elsie Poey and two mothers on what
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        268 46  -  S M ONG ACT BLUR smong@sph.com.sg THIS year, I received a total of one Christmas card (madeofactualpaperandyoudon’tneedacomputer to see it). I guess that means I have only one friend. Actually,it’slessthanthatbecausethecardwas frommyinsuranceagentandIdon’tevenremember whathelookslike.Moreimportantly,hehasnever beenmyFacebook“friend”. Should old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to
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        434 46  -  ‘Proper’Singapore probablydidn’texpecttoadd‘sexiest’toits listofworldaccolades SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO JUST PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg KUDOStooneofourown,MissEuniceOlsen,ex-NMP,onbe-ing named Singapore’s sexiest woman by Esquire magazine (versionUS). The piano-playing Miss Olsen joins 194 others in the publication’s Sexiest Woman Alive Atlas chosen by 17 of its international editors. (They will have quite a job to choose
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          100 46 Oddnewsthat’sfor real Reuters KingHenri’sheadidentified ATEAM ofscientists say they havepositively identifiedanembalmed head,presumedlost in thechaos of the FrenchRevolution, asthat of KingHenriIV of France,whowas assassinated in 1610. Itwas apparently lost after revolutionaries desecratedthe graves ofFrenchkings in the royalbasilica of Saint-Denis, nearParis, in 1793. Few remainsof thosebodies have ever beenfound.
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          103 46 Reuters Thiefpaysupdecadeslater AN ANONYMOUSthiefsent anenvelopeof cash toafamily-owned supply storein western Pennsylvaniato payfor ahammer stolen decadesago,said oneofthe store owners. Thecash arrivedat Central Contractors SupplyCo in thetown of Johnstown with a handwrittennote saying the hammerwas stolen25 to30 years ago,said MsLynne Gramling,who owns thestore with her father. “Iknewit
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      74 47 Today, we showcase your best Christmas snapshots. On Jan 9 and 16, we will feature your best New Year's Day photos. Send your pictures and messages to tnpforum@sph.com.sg SnowatPasirRis Children’sParty Ken Phee MyBESTChristmaswithmylittleSantas IvySieu Ho! Ho! Ho! Christmas kisses from Daddy Santa and Mummy Santarina! Shirley Toh This
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      750 33  -  VALDESPUYOLALVESPIQUEABIDALXAVI INIESTABUSQUETSVILLAMESSIPEDRO S MURALI SPORTS EDITOR muralis@sph.com.sg “They play intricately, instinctively, and utterly brilliantly. All of it is predicated on movement, on the ball being moved from one side of the field to the other, on creating space in the midst of tightly packed defences.
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      482 36  -  OurreadersgiveRedDevils’Treble winners slight edge over Liverpool 1984 GREGORY LOO gregloo@sph.com.sg WEGAVEyou,thereaders,thetoughestquestiontoanswer.Given the calibre of the Greatest Team of All Time nominees,eachdeservingoftheaccoladeintheirownright,it was a monumental task. The voting was intense. The verdict? ManchesterUnited’sTreblewinnersof1999are ManchesterUnited’sTreblewinnersof1999are The New Paper readers’ choice as the Greatest Team. The Red Devils took
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      73 39 ExperiencenewheightsofwonderBroughttoyoubyTheSingaporeFlyer DON’TknowwheretospendNewYear’sEve? HeadtotheSingaporeFlyerandtake advantageoftheexcitingpromotionslinedup foryouattheworld’slargestobservation wheel. TheNewYear’sEvepartyattheFlyerwill startat 7pmwithathree-hourmasslinedance andaDJspinningthelatestpartyhits. Adeath-defyingstuntwillbeperformedby magiciansLawrenceandPriscillaat11.45pm tousherinthenew year. TheflightoperatinghoursontheSingapore Flyerwillbeextendedtill1am,soberest assuredthatyouareatoneofthebestplaces inSingaporetocatchthesplendidfireworks. FLIGHTOFFERS SKY-LAND-SEAFESTIVEEXPERIENCE Foronly$29.50,yougetarideonthe SingaporeFlyer. Followingthat,hoponthebusandenjoy Singapore’sChristmaslights–oneofthe world’sbestholidaylights. Completetheexperiencewitha complimentaryrivertaxiridealongSingapore RiverandreceiveafreeChristmasgoodie. strawberries,chocolatesandagoodiebag. You’llalsogetachancetogetaccesstothe fireworksviewingarea. *Availableonlyon31Dec2010athalf-hour intervalsfrom10pmto12.30am. NEWYEAR’SEVESKYDININGFLIGHT At$299++acouple,enjoyathree-course dinnerwithyourlovedone,accompaniedbya glassofhousewine. Anin-flighthostwillbeonboardtooffer personalisedservice.Afterasumptuous dinnerontheChristmas-themedcapsule, you’llgetaccesstotheVIPLounge,fireworks viewingareaandonsiteevent. *Availabletoday,Dec31andJan1at 7.30pm and8.30pm. WHERETOEAT ADMIRALBAR&GRILL Enjoy100percentcharcoal-grilledWestern cuisineinanalfrescodiningenvironmentand getacomplimentarydrinkwitheverymain
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      251 45 WATCH’EM PICTURE:WARNERBROS TheHangover(above) HBO(StarHubCh601), 9pm Threefriends lose theirsoon-to-be-wed buddyduring their drunkenmisadventures in LasVegas andmust retrace their steps tofind him.Starring BradleyCooper, Zach Galifianakis. MoneyHaiTohHoneyHai ZeeTV(StarHubCh125),6pm Aneccentricbillionairepicksadisparategroupofpeople–includinga strugglingmalemodeltoafailedbusinessmantoablacklistedactress –tobetheheirsofhistextileempire.StarringGovinda,UpenPatel. RoughCuts2 Okto,9.30pm Thesecondseasonofthelocaldocumentaryseriesrevisits homegrownentertainerslikeNajipAli,Kumar,IreneAngandSelena Tanwhowerespotlightedadecadeagoandfindsoutwhatthey’ve beenuptolately. Fame StarMovies(StarHubCh622),9pm Youngstudentsataperformingartshighschoolhopeforthechance toonedaybecomestars.StarringKayPanabaker,NaturiNaughton. CHANNEL5 11.30am Survivor 2.30 Planet’sFunniest Animals 3.00 A Muppets Christmas:Letter To Santa(Movie) 4.00
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      505 48 Race1 C5(SC)1700m 1 SAMUIBEAUTY57c55(250-65) KEirwan (3) 7 7 1 (456) 2 POUND56.5(10-5) OChavez (9) 8 6 2 (455) 0.75 9 SPEEDHAPPY53.5c52.5(41-9) JacksonLow (8) 9 9 3 (475) 3.25 5 MAGICMELANG55c52.5(365-88) RJasmin* (5) 5 5 4 (446) Hd XWinning stable: Bright Star. Trainer: T Gillespie. Time: 1min
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      431 48 Race1 MaidenPlate 1600M 1 COLOURSUPPLEMENT60(8-5) AMakhubo (1) 1 4 TONGABEZI60(56-16) SMosia (4) 2 6 CROWNEDPRINCE59(66-14) DMazule (6) 3 14 PIMPMYRIDE59(53-14) KSigithi (12) 4 XTrainer: S Tarry. Margins: 1, 2.5, 0.25. Time: 1min 40.39sec (Going: good). Forecast: $18. Place Forecast: $8 (Nos. 1-4), $8 (Nos.
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      302 48 RACE1 CLASS5TURF 1650m 1 AMAZINGVENTURE133(102-31) WCMARWING (10) 1 5 MULTILOVE124(88-26) MCHADWICK (3) 2 4 INCREDIBLEEAGLE125(27-11) DBEADMAN (9) 3 10 WINNINGSTRATEGY120(32-9) DWHYTE (1) 4 XTrainer: DE Ferraris. Margins: Nk, hd. Time: 1min 42.25sec (Going: good). Forecast: $339. PlaceForecast:$27(Nos.1-4),$92(Nos.1-5),$25(Nos.4-5).Tierce:$3669.Trio:$371.Quartet: $*****. RACE2 CLASS4TURF 1000m 4 HAWTHORNE129(129-34)
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      1207 49 GOING FORECAST: GOOD TO YIELDING MUDLARKS THESE horses have won or placed on soft or heavy conditions: RACE 1: The Special One, Just Amazing, Flash Home, Abalone, Gem Arc, See Me, Dragon Strong. RACE 2: Blesswithstyle, Ninetyfive Sword, Pegasus Royal, City Fighter, Sky Dragon Bird,
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      96 49 RACE 1:9 NothingTo Say 4 Sunny Light 1 The Special One 8 Flash Home. RACE 2:1 Blesswithstyle 7 Lucky Express 12 Eternal Cheers 3 Speedy Hero. RACE 3:7 Buena Vista 4 Tosen Jordan 6 Rose Kingdom 5 Rulership. RACE4:14KingOfHonour12Mayo’sDancer5NorthToAlaska8AdmiralLincoln. RACE 5:9 Media House 1 Luo 3
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      3180 50/51 ITIPSANDCOMMENTSCOURTESYOFTHE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS. RACE 1 Randwick (1,200m) 1 BENFICA (Peter Snowden) 2c (1:1-0-0): Showed good speed to hold the lead on the rail and found plenty in the straight to record 11/2 len win (56.0) Ice Baby, Cyclone Stacey 1,100m R’hill 2yo Hcp
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      893 50/51 11:30Race1 RANDWICK1200M 1 BENFICA NRAWILLER (4) 58 2 AASHIQ BRAWILLER (3) 57.5 3 ATTUNGA'SPRIDE MSKO'HARA (12) 56 4 FREEWHEELING JPARR (5) 56 5 GOLDENFEIMA RMQUINN (2) 56 6 KERNEL UNFIXED (16) 56 7 QUEENIAN UNFIXED (14) 56 8 SUBARC DMGANDERTON (17) 56 9 ZARWEEP TLOVELOCK-WIGGINS
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      30 48 Saturday,Dec25 2010 First Second Third 2183 0721 6966 Starters 0363 1273 8838 1827 5389 5527 7041 6067 8107 7139 Consolations 8998 5597 6628 2658 1802 3657 7466 7104 0741 1460
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      580 52 Wire Services HE MIGHT no longer be the NBA’s premier player, but Kobe Bryant is the man everyone is gunning for. There is South Beach’s superstar trio in Miami and Shaquille O’Neal’s defection to his Los Angeles Lakers most hated rivals, the Boston Celtics, and even the reshuffling in
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      827 53 TIGER Woods hogged the golfing limelight in 2010, not only for his off-course antics, but also his inconsistency on the course. Revelation of his marital infidelity eventually sparked the downfall of a man many considered as the greatest golfer in history. ESPN rated Lee
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      152 53 ASEAN Malaysia ndonesia Sun, 26/12/10 8.00pm E Premier, E League Champ and A League matches are also on sale. For more details, please check Singapore Pools website. LIVE TELECAST AT UVEWIREfMARINA BAY SANDS RESORTS WORLD SENTOSA), SPORTSBUZZ(POMO) SPORTSBUZZ(KRANJI) E Premier ASEAN 8 E Premier E Premier E Premier E Premier
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      543 54  -  Dollah Kassim Award winner Ammirul visits legend’sfamily DILENJIT SINGH dilen@sph.com.sg THE TELEVISION had stalled on the purple MioTV screen but, for the longest time, no-one seemed to notice. Despite having never formally met before Friday, the families of the late Dollah Kassim (right) and
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      826 55 A new winner as Malaysia, Indonesia meet in final for the first time Wire Services THEY may be perennial regional rivals but the AFF Suzuki Cup two-legged final marks the first time Malaysia and Indonesia have clashed at this stage of the tournament. The two sides
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      306 55 AP BRITAIN’S Queen Elizabeth II championed the role of sports in building communities yesterday in her annual Christmas message to the nation, crediting athletics with teaching valuable social skills and providing a different perspective on life. The queen’s remarks come at a controversial
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      Lock icon Barca sign PSV midfielder Afellay
      354 56 / 57 Wire Services HOLLAND midfielder Ibrahim Afellay completed his transfer to Barcelona from PSV Eindhoven when he signed a four-and-a-half-year contract on Friday. Barca sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta told a news conference the 24-year-old would be the only player brought in during the January transfer window
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      350 56 / 57 BARCELONA midfielder Xavi Hernandez has revealed he is as hungry for silverware now as he was when he took his first steps into the game. TheBallond’Ornomineespoke to Catalan daily Sport and reflected on the last year, while declaring that for 2011 he just wants
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      Lock icon Inter appoint Leonardo as boss
      726 56 / 57 Wire Services Reuters INTERMilanhavecon-firmed Leonardo as Rafael Benitez’s replacement, giving the Bra-zilianaone-and-a-half-year contractastheirnewmanager. Speculation had linked the former AC Milan coach with the position even before Benitez officially parted company with the European champions on Thursday after a six-month tenure. The Nerazzurri have now officially
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      554 58 / 59 We must beat Chelsea to stay in title race: Wenger PA Sport ARSENE Wenger believes the clash with Chelsea tomorrow (Tuesday morning, Singapore time) will play a critical role in defining Arsenal’s season. The Gunners have already endured defeats at Stamford Bridge and Old Trafford
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      554 58 / 59 Blues back to full strength and aim to stop slide: Cole PA Sport ASHLEY Cole has warned Arsenal that Chelsea are ready to fire after finally getting all their big guns back ahead of tomorrow’s Derby clash (Tuesday morning, Singapore time). The faltering league champions will
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      248 58 / 59 Wire Services GUNNERS’ striker Marouane Chamakh (right) has urged his teammates to start winning against the big teams, starting with Chelsea tomorrow. Earlier this season, Arsene Wenger’s side enjoyed the better of the play at Stamford Bridge but eventually lost 2-0, which means
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      281 58 / 59 CHELSEA manager Carlo Ancelotti hopes his side will treat the next two games with equal importance. A win over Arsenal tomorrow will be meaningless if the defending champions fail to get three points against Bolton Wanderers two days later. The faltering Blues need to
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      Lock icon Redknapp: Modric not going anywhere
      443 63 PA Sport HARRY Redknapp will consider allowing Robbie Keane to leave Tottenham next month but is adamant that Luka Modric will not be following him out of White Hart Lane. Modric has been a key part of Tottenham’s success since Redknapp signed the Croatian from
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      480 63 PA Sport points against them earlier in the season. Villa took the lead at White Hart Lane but conceded two Rafael van der Vaart goals one in first-half stoppage time and the other 15minutesfromtime–tosliptoa2-1defeat. “They’redoingverywell,”Houlliersaidof Tottenham.“Weplayedverywelloverthere. We thought it was difficult to take,
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      Lock icon Pardew fears City backlash
      513 64 NEWCASTLE v MAN CITY (Tonight, 11 pm, SingTel mio TV Ch 103) NEWCASTLE boss Alan Pardew has warned his players to beware a Manchester City backlash as they attempt to continue his winning start. The Magpies head into the Boxing Day clash with Roberto Mancini’s expensively-assembled
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      Lock icon De Jong back from suspension
      113 64 NIGEL De Jong (right) will be available to face Newcastle United tonight after sitting out Manchester City’s2-1 defeat by Everton due to suspension. It promises to be a tough afternoon for him following the challenge that broke Hatem BenArfa’s legin thelast encounter. Mario Balotelli should
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      251 64 PA Sport CHRIS Hughton has revealed his sacking by Newcastle came as a complete surprise, but insists he feels no bitterness towards the club or owner Mike Ashley. Hughton (left) was dismissed on Dec 6 despite having attracted widespread praise from outside the club
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      Lock icon Blackpool to inspect pitch 3 hours before game
      304 65 Wire Services BLACKPOOL will hold a pitch inspection three hours before their scheduled 3pm kick-off (11pm, Singapore time) against Liverpool today to see if the match can go ahead. The Seasiders do not have undersoil heating at Bloomfield Road and, despite covering
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      Lock icon Hodgson stands by Torres
      637 65 BLACKPOOL v LIVERPOOL (Tonight, 11 pm, SingTel mio TV Ch 104) PA Sport LIVERPOOL manager Roy Hodgson has again sprung to the defence of striker Fernando Torres as the club aim to end its woeful away form at Blackpool tonight. Their visit to Bloomfield Road will
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      Lock icon Berba living on borrowed time
      472 66/67  -  Bulgarian’sinconsistency may cost him his place GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg IT’S THE festive season, but Dimitar Berbatov is in no mood to celebrate. How could he? LeadingthePremiershiptop-scorer’schartwith11league goals, some reckon that Berbatov (right) is playing his best football in a Manchester United shirt since moving from
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      144 66/67 PA Sport SIR ALEX Ferguson has ruled out any chance of David Beckham returning to Manchester United. Although Beckham is determined to see out the remainder of his MLS contract with LA Galaxy, a number of clubs have expressed an interest in signing the 35-year-old
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      314 66/67 PA Sport PARKJiSungiscertainManchesterUnitedwillstillbetopofthePremier Leaguewhenhereturnsfrom nationaldutyin February. Park (above) will appear in the Boxing Day encounter with Sunderland tonight before bowing out to undertake Asia Cup dutiesforSouthKoreainQatar. It is a fairly inconvenient moment for the 29-year-old, who is enjoying his best season for the Red
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      341 66/67 MANCHESTER United and Chelsea are headed for a “double header” in May that could decide the Premier League title. The two rivals are set to play twice in the penultimate week of the campaign after their clash at Stamford Bridge was snowed off last
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      1072 60 / 61 FULHAM v WEST HAM (Fulham 0 West Ham 1) LAST week we picked out West Ham for a rare away win but they just missed out at Blackburn, although they fought back impressively after second-half changes were made. It may be wise to
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      978 60 / 61 BLACKPOOL v LIVERPOOL (Blackpool 2 Liverpool 1) TIME to reel out that statistic about Liverpool’s away record in 2010 again it’s now five wins in 28 games. Yet they remain odds-on across the board for this one. Admittedly they do welcome back Steven
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      1201 62 TOP OF THE TIPS GARYLIM LOWRISK Boltontobeat West Bromon the 1x2 BOLTON have lost two of their last three matchestotake theirtotaldefeatsin thePremiership to four. But the thing to note is that they are playinggood football still. And when youconsider that those two recent losses came during their travels
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      142 66/67 LIVE TELECASTS AFF SUZUKI CUP 2010 FINAL Tonight: IMALAYSIAv INDONESIA SingTel mio TV Ch 115,7.30pm EPL Tonight: IFULHAMv WEST HAM SingTel mio TV Ch 102,8pm IMAN UNITEDv SUNDERLAND SingTel mio TV Ch 102,11 pm INEWCASTLEvMAN CITY SingTel mio TV Ch 103,11 pm IBLACKPOOLvLIVERPOOL SingTel mio TV Ch 104,11 pm
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      16 66/67 NBA Today: IDALLASCOWBOYSv ARIZONACARDINALS StarHub TV Ch 117,8.30am IDENVERNUGGETS vOKLAHOMA CITYTHUNDER StarHub TV Ch 202,9am
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