The New Paper, 2 January 2011

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      736 2/3  -  of sliding down sofaandrelivingfallnightmare 230kg woman back from hospital after fall, but finds sitting at home a torture because of her sores REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg IT’S neither the snide remarks nor the rude stares that upset this 230kg woman. Growing up big has taught her to take these
      TNP PICTURE: GARY GOH  -  736 words
    • 612 2/3  -  Problemis‘hidden’asmanyobesepeoplestay isolatedanddon’ttakepublictransport REPORT:SHEREEN SHEREEN CHARLES scharles@sph.com.sg Thamsaid thatit doesn’tmeanthere are no such cases.. “Justbecause youdon’t see them,it doesn’t meanthattheydo not exist,” shesaid. “Unlikeus,they don’ttake public transport because they feel uncomfortable when they take up two seatsinstead ofone.” Her sentiments are echoed by Dr
      TNP FILE PICTURE  -  612 words
    • 566 4  -  until I count calories and decideit’snotworthit 191kg man changes eating habits and loses 51 kg in TV challenge REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg TAKINGpublictransportusedtobethebiggestwoe for Mr Jonathan Wong, who cut a towering figure with his 1.85m, 191kg-frame. But that was more than a year ago. The photographer
      TNP PICTURE: GARY GOH; PICTURE: DIVA UNIVERSAL  -  566 words
    • 561 6 / 7  -  Man drowns in Woodlands lake, alarming couple (above) searching for teenage autistic son REPORT: CHONG SHIN YEN chongsy@sph.com.sg HEWASinaboatclearingrubbishfromthe lake yesterday when something caughthiseye. When he looked closer, he realised that it wasabodyfloatingonthesurface. MrSaiful,a24-year-oldcleanerfromBang-ladesh, told The New Paper on Sunday in haltingEnglish:“Ithoughtitwasabigpieceof rubbish,soIaskedmycolleaguetogocloser. “IgotashockwhenIrealiseditwasabody.
      TNP PICTURES: KUA CHEE SIONG  -  561 words
    • 362 6 / 7  -  REPORT:DAVID DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg IT WAS not the best of starts to the newyear. On New Year’s Day, a bolt of lightning struck golfer Chen Yuk Fu at the 18th hole of the Laguna NationalGolfandCountryClub’sMasterscourse. Mr Chen was subsequently taken to the Changi General
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    • 1139 10 / 11  -  Workshops get more enquiries on costly cars ahead of motorsports hub’sopeningnextyear REPORTS:HEDYKHOO HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg HEWASsokeentoownarealracecar,he sold off his own car, pooled his money with three other good friends and bought an unregistered track car which canbeusedonlyonracetracks. SaidmotorsportsenthusiastEdricLee,27, an assistant account manager: “My other friends
      TNP PICTURE: HEDY KHOO  -  1,139 words
    • 370 10 / 11 BOUGHT for $18,000, this 17-year-old Honda Civic EK 9 is cheap by track car standards and it still gives its four co-owners a thrill just to sit in it. They even have a name for it: The Q Car. Said
      PICTURE COURTESY OF SKUNQWERX  -  370 words
    • 823 12 / 13  -  The New Paper on Sunday gets a peek into a swanky Sentosa Cove home, thanks to owner REPORT: DESMOND NG desmondn@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S swankiest neighbourhood, Sentosa Cove, has made the headlines for all the wrong reasons recently. Last year, a Chinese national moonlighting as a
      TNP PICTURES: SIMON KER  -  823 words
    • 377 12 / 13 WHILE the property boom has pushed up prices of anything from three-room flats to good class bungalows (GCBs), niche areas like Sentosa are surpassing expectations. Investors, both foreign and local, are buying into the luxury sector, said Mr Nicholas Mak, executive director of research and
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    • 448 14  -  TNP photographer hurt while on duty at Orchard Road party REPORT: CHONG SHIN YEN chongsy@sph.com.sg HEwaswalkingtothetoiletwhenamansudden-ly approached him and asked if he was a NationalEnvironmentAgency(NEA)officer. When The New Paper photojournalist Kelvin Chng replied that he was not, the man started raining punches
      TNP PICTURE: KUA CHEE SIONG; TNP PICTURE: KELVIN CHNG  -  448 words
    • 548 17 Six-year-old and mum knocked off their motorbike by one bike. Then another comes along... THE crying girl stood up to look for her mother. They had fallen off their motorcycle after it was clipped by another bike that had been speeding in
      PICTURES: HARIAN METRO  -  548 words
    • 393 17 I’MSORRY.IadmitIwasspeeding. The teenage driver, who was involved in the Bangkok tollway tragedy on Monday, has spoken for the first time after the tragedy. Nine people were killed when the Honda Civic sedan she was driving allegedly crashed into a van. All those killed
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    • 584 18/19 Even as millions usher in the New Year with fireworks, others are killed by tornadoes, fires and bombs IT WAS a time for celebration. But even as millions ushered in the New Year with pomp and revelry, news of devastation threw an ominous ring to the start
      PICTURES: GETTY IMAGES, AP  -  584 words
    • 451 20 HK’s1998AsianGames medallist tries to extort $495,000 from millionaire for sextapethatdoesn’texist SHE was once Hong Kong’s star rower, having participated in the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games. He is a millionaire businessman. The 72-year-old, only identified as X, first came to know Gloria Chan Hok-yan when she
      PICTURE: APPLE DAILY  -  451 words
    • 170 20 PLEASEletusstay.Wedon’twanttogobacktoChina. This was the plea from Chinese women who were rescued by Chinese police from Kinshasa, the capital of Democratic Republic of Congo. The 11 women were lured from China with the promise of jobs in France, but they ended up in a Chinese-owned
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    • 144 21 UNDERSTAND the considerations behind the formulation of the annual Budget, answer some questions and win prizes. The Ministry of Finance has launched the Budget Quiz 2011 on the Budget website at www.singaporebudget.gov.sg. There will be two rounds of
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    • 107 21 THE Penang state government has stepped up its green campaign. Since yesterday, it has started charging shoppers 20 sen (8 cents) for each plastic bag they use. The charge applies to all hyper- markets, supermarkets, departmental stores, pharmacies, fast-food restaurants, nasi
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    • 119 21 AP BEIJING residents hoping to snap up car licence plate numbers under a new quota system aimed at easing paralysing traffic logged onto a website that launched in the first moments of the new year. Every month a new batch of
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    • 103 21 AP JAPAN’S population fell by a record number last year as the number of deaths climbed to an all-time high, the government said yesterday. Japan faces a looming demographic squeeze. Baby boomers are moving towards retirement, with fewer workers and taxpayers to
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    • 298 21 NEWYEAR’S EVELITTERBUGS FEWER people were caught littering on New Year’sEvecomparedtothepreviousyear. National Environment Agency (NEA) officers were on the lookout for litterbugs islandwide. At the end of its blitz on Friday night, 74 littering tickets were issued, down nearly 40 per cent from 2009’sfigureof116. During its
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    • Article, Illustration
      33 21 HIT ON THE ROAD: Stomper Silas spotted two men fightingonAng MoKio Avenue3 onNew Year’s Eve. They stopped their vehicles at a junction and traded punches while their vehicles blocked two lanes.
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  • News Hello 2011!
    • 486 8 / 9  -  TheA&E was last place these patients expected to usher in New Year NEWYEAR’SPAIN REPORT:CLARENCE CLARENCE CHEN sychen@sph.com.sg THE Acute and Emergency (A&E) ward at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH) was the last place that Ms Nora thought she’dbeatwhen2010tickedoverto2011. The 29-year-old housewife, who wanted to
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    • 433 8 / 9  -  NEWYEAR’SPLAY REPORT:BELLE REPORT:BELLE CHARLENE KWAN belkwan@sph.com.sg JUST minutes before midnight, all eyes were on a wooden crate hanging 4.5m off the ground at the Singapore Flyer. Local illusionists Lawrence and Priscilla Khong were shackled inside the shaking box, which was hung above a sea of
      TNP PICTURES: YANG RONG  -  433 words
    • 347 8 / 9  -  NEWYEAR’SPRAYER REPORT: CRYSTAL ABIDIN crystala@sph.com.sg WHILE thousands were ushering in the new year with countdown parties, drinking and making merry all over the island, a group of Christians in Bedok keptsilentvigilonNewYear’sEvenight. SAF officer Melvin Chan, 38, and his wife Shirley Chan, 36, were
      TNP PICTURE: KUA CHEE SIONG  -  347 words


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    • 113 14 Singapore Culinary Institute Your recipe to SUCCeSS! All courses commencing on 10 lh January 2011 and are conducted in Chinese or in English. 1. Certificate in Restaurant Management (Chinese/English) Module 1: Introduction to Food Beverage Industry Food Beverage Service Management 2. Enrichment class Chinese New Year Cuisine (in Chinese) Registration
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    • 46 14 #1MOVIE IN USA! This holiday's funniest comedy is "...amusing and even hilarious..." rMeettheFkimtSi Tide rockers Gabriel Chong, movieXclusive.com .CT vT I iff i Kids bring everyone closer, right? ""'S'" sasaa LittleFockers.net |j$| •Based on opening weekend s results. NC161 Sexual Humour WITH CHINESE SUBTITLES NOW SHOWING
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    • 62 15 SINGAPORE TURF CLUB A SYMBOL OF TODAY, A LEGACY OF TRADITION. Through innovation and competency, Singapore Turf Club remains at the fore among racecourses in the region. Now, with a new brand logo, we herald a new age of fun, excitement and entertainment; nothing less than what you would expect
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  • News Exchange
    • 604 22  -  THE BUZZ COMMENT:EUGENEWEE EUGENE WEE eugenew@sph.com.sg WOULD you trust someone who is trained as a fast-food outlet cashier to look after your child? What about someone who clears tables at a restaurant? Probably not. Yet, hundreds of parents here entrust the care of their
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    • 126 22 SINGAPOREHAPPINESSINDEXWeratepastweek’snews–goodandbad -10 Five Singaporeans died in the Mersing boating tragedy on Boxing Day. Their overloaded boat capsized in rough seas about 300m from the ferry terminal. +10 The Singapore Conference Hall on Shenton Way and three memorials in Esplanade Park have joined the list of national monuments,
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    • 18 22 “Uh-oh,Iaccidentally shopliftedatNTUC.” “Teachme!Iwantto accidentallyshopliftatGucci.” –Onewomanconfidinginherfriend “Areyougoingtosing OrLengSign?” –Amana,skinghisfriendifhe’s welcoming 2011 with Auld Lang Syne
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous

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    • 759 23  -  Having no booze and plenty of cops around didn’tkillthevibeatthis New Year party, where 16-year-olds danced safely after midnight REPORT: BELLE CHARLENE KWAN belkwan@sph.com.sg IT’S 1.30am yesterday and the rest of Singapore’s countdown revellers are slowly filing into trains and taxis, having had their fill of dancingandfireworksforonenight.
      TNP PICTURE: KELVIN CHNG; TNP PICTURES: KELVIN CHNG  -  759 words
    • Show
      • 474 25 Secret Garden stars Tender Huang and Paige Chua adjust to being famous HE USED to be a celebrity hairstylist’s assistant. But Taiwanese actor Tender Huang was encouraged by Mando-pop star Jay Chou to switch vocations. Now, the 33-year-old is a celebrity himself. After slugging it
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    • Enjoy Shopping
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        • 463 26  -  Some of the hottest shoes to look for in 2011 DOLORES TAY doltay@sph.com.sg CINDERELLA lived happily ever after with Prince Charming.Orsothestorygoes. I would, too, if a prince had proposed with a glassslipperthatmyfatfeetcouldslipintoseamlessly. Happier still if that glass slipper had the signature shiny, red-lacquered soles that
          PICTURES: GUCCI, YSL, CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN, CLUB 21, JIMMY CHOO/ VALIRAM GROUP  -  463 words
    • Enjoy Family matters
      • 516 27  -  JASON JOHNSON FATHER FIGURES jjohnson@sph.com.sg WHEN you can make your own people, as I’ve done with my two sons, it’s sometimes easy to forget that there are other people out there. I mean, the kids are MINE. Why would I want to bother with anybody
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    • Enjoy Table For 4
      • 649 28  -  CHERYL LIM cheryll@sph.com.sg BEFORE he gave Singapore a go, Hide Yamamoto already had four restaurants in Japan, specialising in Spanish, Italian, Korean and Mediterranean cuisines. The Japanese-born chef, 54, who was scouted by Marina Bay Sands to open here, also has about 40 years of culinary
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    • Enjoy Hed Chef
      • 375 29  -  Hedy Khoo hedykhoo@sph.com.sg IFYOUavoidlookingatthebath-room mirror when you step out of the shower and you feel the waistbands of your pants getting tighter,don’tworry. Festive feasting is the way to end and start the year. You have the whole year ahead to work on the diet plan that’s on your
        TNP PICTURES: KUA CHEE SIONG, HEDY KHOO  -  375 words
    • Enjoy 2 Wheels Good
      • 882 30/31  -  Youcan’tcoastonfixed-gear bicycles, but they hardly break down and need zero maintenance DANSON CHEONG tnp@sph.com.sg THE bicycle was an elegant contraption two wheels powered by a chain-driven transmission propel the rider forward. That was until tinkerers started adding complicated mechanisms like gears, shifters, derailleurs. In
        PICTURES: CRANK ARM STEADY, LIM WEI LI  -  882 words
      • 272 30/31 FANCY touring Singapore by bicycle? Come Feb 27, you can do so in the safety of a large convoy of cyclists. Bike Rally 2011, organised by undergrads from the Nanyang Technological University’sSportsClub, will take participants from the F1 Pit Building at Marina Bay to popular
        PICTURE: NTU SPORTS CLUB  -  272 words
    • Enjoy Humour
      • 604 32  -  Whatifour programs were‘human’ too? HO LIAN-YI MIDDLE CRASS tnp@sph.com.sg WHAT if your computer were actually run by little people? No,I don’tmeanthose guys at techsupport. I mean, what if computer programs were literally tiny people, like in the film, Tron: Legacy? The movie, in
        PICTURE: REUTERS  -  604 words
      • REALLY?
        • 140 32 Oddnews that’sfor real AP IT’Sno Hermes Birkin, buta large brown purse from a lesser-known brand turned out to be just as pricey. It was used by Ms Ginger Littleton, a spunky Florida school board member, to smack a man who was holding other board members at gunpoint in
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        • 93 32 AFP APPLEfanswho can’t get enoughof the iPhone can now gobble up a tasty cookie modelled after the gadget. A bakery in Japan has enjoyed a surprisehit with its “iPhonecookie”, a chocolate biscuit decorated with colourful application icons. Green Gables in Tokushima prefecture pioneered the
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      • 331 32  -  S M ONG ACT BLUR smong@sph.com.sg REMEMBER three weeks ago, when getting naked in public was like the fashionable thing in Singapore? Tobepartofthe“in”crowd,IwantedtogotoBurger King and get the Steakhouse Burger in the nude. Inretrospect,I’mrelievednowIdecidedagainstit. (SoarethestaffofBurgerKing,Isuspect.They’renot paid enough for that kind of punishment.
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    • Article, Illustration
      86 34 Today, we showcase your best Christmas snapshots. OnJan9and16,wewillfeatureyourbestNewYear’s Day photos. From Jan 9 till Jan 23, the best photo of the weekwinsa$100KidsStyleOshKoshB’Goshvoucher. Send your pictures and messages to tnpforum@sph.com.sg Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas!!! From Little Santa and Santarina CelebratingChristmaswithmy3adorableangels,Isabelle,Amanda and Megan. The Joy of Christmas is to
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
    • 31 27 So, did you get that remote-controlled car you wanted for Christmas? Yep, I wanted it so much I mentioned it on all my social network sites... now I have five sets.
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  • Page 33 Miscellaneous
    • 50 33 WATCH’EM PICTURE:GOLDEN VILLAGE Astro Boy(above) StarMovies (StarHubCh 622), 9pm A youngyet powerful robothopes towin hisinventor-father’s heartbysetting off ona quest torid theworld of evil.Voiced by FreddieHighmore,Nicolas Cage. CrossingHennessy CelestialMovies(StarHubCh868),9pm Twoshopkeepersaresetuponablinddatebywell-meaning relativesalthoughtheybothhavesomebodyelseontheirminds. StarringTangWei,JackyCheung. IceCastles HBOFamily(StarHubCh604),6pm Aterribleaccidentrobsayounggirlofhersightandherdreamsof becomingachampionfigureskater.StarringTaylorFirth,RobMayes. LAInk4 TLC(StarHubCh427),11pm Inthefourthseasonoftherealityseries,celebritytattooartistKatVon Dre-evaluateshercareerandpersonallifeandstartsrelyingonher brother,Michael,afterlosingfriendslikePixie,HannahandKimon herwaytothetop. DILBERT SCOTTADAMS CALVINANDHOBBES BILLWATTERSON WhereTheWildThingsAre HBO(StarHubCh601),9pm Adisobedientlittleboywho’ssenttobedwithouthissuppercreates hisownworld–aforestinhabitedbyferociouswildcreaturesthat crownhimastheirruler.StarringMaxRecords,CatherineKeener.
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  • Page 36 / 37 Miscellaneous
    • 30 36 / 37 Saturday,Jan01 2011 First Second Third 2633 2611 5712 Starters 1059 6336 7512 6840 1116 2042 1124 2146 1097 7889 Consolations 9593 1911 6763 5256 4581 9345 9904 1818 6648 5155
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  • Page 40 Miscellaneous
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  • sports
    • 447 60 Wire Services SOUR grapes, or does Ian Holloway have a point? In an astonishing blast, Blackpool manager Holloway tore into the sulking superstars and pampered prima donnas of the English Premier League, even admitting he would punch
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    • Racing
      • 1111 35 GOING FORECAST: YIELDING RACE1 C5 1.10 -1100m(STRAIGHT) Stakes:RM35,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 -600-0 CizenFighter 57 (43) RJasmin*c3 6 (5nzgCecilRobert-PaintEmperor) 2 7-0502 Showman 57 (43) LSofhan 10 (4agEBreukelen-PerfectAlliance) 3 0-8-03 UnforgettableOne 56.5 (42) SCLiew*c4 5 (5agKCoetzee-DiscoveryWonders) 4 0060-- LuckyFund 56 (41) SMutaza*c2
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      • 68 35 RACE 1:12 Palmston 10 Qiyas 2 Showman 8 Easy Strike. RACE 2:15 Word Of Honour 13 Triple Coin 7 From Zero 14 Promise Me. RACE 3:5 Sunny Star 2 Strides Ahead 6 Toolern Joe 7 Toscafly. RACE 4:11 Freedom 12 Vamos 9 Slipa Vista 7
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      • 135 35 THESE horses have won or been placed in soft or heavy conditions: RACE 1: Cizen Fighter, Showman, Unforgettable One, Money Not Enough, Stings LeicaBee. RACE 2: Hard To Say, Thrill Seeker, Black Sapphire, Royal Beauty, Triple Coin, Promise Me, Word Of Honour. RACE 3: Star Ruler, Sunny Star, Cayenne,
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      • 1602 36 / 37 GOING FORECAST: GOOD WHOOSHKA(Race6No.7) BESTBET: BEST LONG SHOT: EL PATRON (Race 3 No. 8) RACE1 C4D2 12.50 -1200m(Polytrack) Welcome2011Handicap Stakes:$55,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 *****6 AnotherSunday 57 (59) EAslamc1 6 (4agBDean-Perfectum) 2 41-81 Yoyo 57 (59) ISaifudin 1 (3agLeslieKhoo-LeslieKhoo)
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      • Article, Illustration
        271 36 / 37  -  TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg AUSTRALIANVladDuric(right)willbethebusiestrideratKranjitoday,openingdayofthe2011Singaporeracingseason. The33-year-oldhasafullbookofridesinthe card of 12 and it looks like he is going to get a goodheadstartinthenewyear. At least seven of his mounts can win. They are: I SAGA KING (Race 1), the debut winner whohashadthebenefitoftwonicerunsaftera breakandcanbethird-timelucky. I Newcomer ISODYNAMIC (Race 2), whose impressive trial
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      • Article, Illustration
        584 36 / 37 Tan Thean Loon Danny Khoo Andrew Frost Marc Tan 1 RACE Eternal Win Eternal Win Always Happy 5 5 Yoyo 8 5 Eternal Win Gut Feel 2 Stanzout 3 Gut Feel 6 6 Always Happy Always Happy 6 6 Gut Feel 8 8 9 Gut Feel 7 1
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      • 2283 38 / 39 ANDREWFROST’SCOMMENTSONTODAY’SRACESATKRANJI RACE1 (1,200m) 1 Another Sunday)))Capable of a win in this gradeonhisdayandhegoeswellenoughonthePolytoconsider. 2 Yoyo)))Overallform looksimpressive andshould gethis chance to win again from rails draw. 3 Stanzout))Scored a nice win in this grade last time and,althoughthislooksharder,winningformisgood,sokeepfollowing. 4 DiamondFighter)Hasearlyspeed,butmaystruggle at the end of 1,200m.
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      • 480 38 / 39 RACE1 CLASS5TURF 1200m 13 GRANDFIELD115(30-9) JLLOYD (5) 1 14 TOPSPEED113(38-12) HWLAI (9) 2 4 GOODJOB126(77-21) ZPURTON (11) 3 1 SUNSHINEBOY133(17-8) DWHYTE (8) 4 XTrainer:DCruz.Margins:1.25,3.25.Time:1min11.01sec(Going:Good).Forecast: $34. Place Forecast: $45 (Nos. 4-13), $50 (Nos. 4-14), $15 (Nos. 13-14). Tierce: $1287.Trio:$225.Quartet:Nowinner($6244jackpotcarriedforwardtonextrace). RACE2 CLASS4TURF 1400m 10 SOLDIER126(34-12) YTCHENG (5)
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      • 763 40 AP. GIVEN the opportunity, LeBron James would change countless things about 2010. Losing to Boston in the play-offs. How his infamous decision to leave Cleveland was executed. The fraying of some long relationships with the Cavaliers. But regrets? None, the two-time Most Valuable
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    • 408 40 GOLF AFP TIGER Woods sent a message to his fans after celebrating his 35th birthday on Thursday, looking ahead to a year of new challenges and leaving behind a winless year of personal turmoil. “Another successful trip completed around the sun!
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    • Sports Tennis
      • 319 41 HOPMANCUP Reuters JUSTINE Henin made a successful return after six months out through injury at the Hopman Cup yesterday but ended up a loser as Belgium were beaten 2 -1 by hosts Australia in the opening match of the mixed team event. The former world No.
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      • 274 41 MUBADALA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Wire Services TOP-RANKEDRafaelNadalstarted2011with a win over his main rival, beating RogerFederer 7-6(4), 7-6 (3)yesterday to defend his title at the invitational World TennisChampionships. Nadal trailed 3-0 in the first tie-breaker but was helped by several unforced errors from the Swiss, including a
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    • Sports LaLiga
      • 580 42  -  Catalan midfielder eager to maintain standards BARCELONA v LEVANTE Monday, 1am BY MIKE PEREZ Special Correspondent BARCELONAmidfielderAndresIniestaishopingformoreofthesameasthe Catalangiantstakeona woundedLevantesidelookingto buildontheirsuperbformbefore Christmas. Barcafinished2010onan unbeaten23-matchruninall competitions,19ofwhich finishedinvictories,andin winningtheirlast10successive LeaguegamesPepGuardiola’s sidehavescored41goalsand concededonlyfour. ThereigningSpanish championssufferedaslightblip intheirfinalgamebeforethe winterbreakwhentheywere heldtoagoallessdrawathome by Athletic Bilbao in the first leg
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      • 278 42 ROUND-UP REAL MADRID will be bracing themselves for a testing start to 2011 as they make the short trip across the capital to in-form neighbours Getafe. Madrid have enjoyed a hugely successful start to life under Jose Mourinho, winning 20 of 25 official
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    • Sports Football
      • 552 43 Reuters HOW TO clone Lionel Messi? Set up a Barcelona soccer school in Argentina. This was the thinking behind the Catalan giants when they decided to look for more Argentine talent to nurture in their famous youth scheme. Barcelona Junior Lujan was set
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    • Sports EPL Transfer Trail
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        682 44 / 45  -  With the transfer windownowopen,ALIKASIMmakesa wishlistofmoves hehopestoseein theEPLthismonth ALI KASIM I StephenIrelandto... ANYWHERE QUITE frankly, Ireland (left) is too classy a player to be deemed surplus to require- ment at any club, let alone a struggling Villa side. He has been linked with Stoke City, but you wonder if
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      • 206 44 / 45 PA Sport WIGAN have confirmed the signing of Adrian Lopez after receiving international clearance for the Spain Under-21 defender to play in England. The 23-year-old exercised his option to move as a free agent after his contract at Spanish side Deportivo La Coruna expired
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      • 156 44 / 45 PA Sport MANCHESTER City have won the race to sign 19-year-old Israel midfielder Gai Assulin. Assulin, who was available on a free transfer after leaving Barcelona in July, had been chased by several clubs but City moved first to snap him up on a
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      • 115 44 / 45 PA Sport GERARD Houllier has insisted that Aston Villa’s star wing duo of Ashley Young and Stewart Downing will not be sold during the transfer window. Young and Downing have been linked with moves to Manchester United and Totten- ham respectively during the past week.
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    • 801 48 / 49  -  CHELSEA v ASTON VILLA (Tonight, 9.30pm, SingTel mioTV Ch 102) IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM THE UK TWO TEAMS at different ends of the table, two managers with the same problem. Gerard Houllier and Carlo Ancelotti both endured a horrific December
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    • 244 48 / 49 Wire Services WHEN it rains, it pours at Stamford Bridge. Just when Chelsea thought they have turned the corner in their title quest, the Blues have suffered yet another injury setback in midfield. This time, scans showed that Nigerian midfielder Jon Obi Mikel faces a month
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    • Sports EPL
      • 870 46 / 47 WIGAN v NEWCASTLE (Tonight, 11.55pm,SingTelmio TV Ch102) Wire Services. NEWCASTLE boss Alan Pardew will attempt to recruit support for striker Andy Carroll rather than sell him now that the transfer window is open. The 21-year-old, who has been ruled out of tonight’s English Premier League
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      • 520 46 / 47 PA Sport GERARD Houllier expects Aston Villa’s fortunes to change for the better by the middle of this month and insists he has the full backingofownerRandyLerner. Houllier came under fire from some sections of supporters after Tuesday’s inept showing in a
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      • 347 46 / 47 PA Sport. CARLO Ancelotti spared his Chelsea players the nasty video of their crushing defeat to Arsenal because he feared watching itwould“kill’them. Blues boss Ancelotti normally forces his players to analyse footage of their performances in a bid to eradicate their mistakes. But
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      • 559 50  -  Man City ....................1 Blackpool ..................0 Man City: Johnson (34) BY IAN PARKES Special Correspondent THREEstunningmissesfromCarlosTevezalmostprovedcostlyas ManchesterCitynarrowlyedged outBlackpooltokeeplevelwith neighboursUnitedatthetopof thePremierLeague. Tevezmissedafirst-half penaltyandthentwosittersin thespaceoffiveminutesafter thebreak,includinganopengoal ashefellafterroundingthe goalkeeper. ButallthatcameafterAdam Johnson’s33rd-minutestrikeand thehomesideheldonforall threepoints. Citycouldbeabouttoboost theirstrikingrankswiththe signingofBosnianstrikerEdin DzekofromWolfsburg,whohas beenviewedasoneofRoberto Mancini’sprimetransfertargets. Therehavebeenplentyof reportsclaimingafeehasbeen agreed,butCityareinnomood toconfirmDzeko’simpending arrival. “Idon’tthinkit’srighttospeak aboutotherplayersatother clubs,”saidassistant-manager BrianKidd.“Onlyonemanwill decide–andthat’stheboss.”
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      • 288 50  -  West Ham ..................2 Wolves ......................0 West Ham: Zubar52 (og), Sears (79) BY DAVID BUCKLEY Special Correspondent FREDDIE SEARS put the gloss on a sweet victory for West Ham as they climbed out of the relegation zone and sent Wolves crashing to the foot of
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      • 299 52  -  Tottenham..................1 Fulham ......................0 Tottenham: Bale 42 BY BEN RUMSBY Special Correspondent GARETHBALE’SlightningreflexesprovedenoughtoextendTottenham’s perfectChristmasandsend thembackintothePremier Leaguetopfour. Thewingerreactedbrilliantly toflickRafaelvanderVaart’s free-kickpastawrong-footed MarkSchwarzerthreeminutes beforehalf-time. Spursmissedplentyof chancestoaddtotheirlead,but MichaelDawsonalsohadto clearoffhisownlineasFulham slippedtosecondbottomofthe table. Thebuild-uptothegamewas dominatedbythenewsSpurs weretryingtosignDavid Beckhamonloan,andmanager HarryRedknappsaid:“He wouldn’tbecomingherejustto sellshirts,andheisn’tgoingto comeandgetbigmoney–we aren’tmassivepayersatthisclub. “Buthewantstocomeover heretothefreezingcoldandplay football.Thattellsyou somethingabouthim.” WilliamGallasreturnedfor Tottenham,butDawsonretained thecaptaincy. Fulhamnamedanunchanged sideastheylookedtobuildon theirfirstawaywinfor27games atStokeonTuesday.
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      • 285 52 EPL round-up DARREN BENT ended a run of five games without a goal as Sunderland eased to a 3-0 victory over Blackburn in the English Premier League. DannyWelbeck’sdeflected volley gave the Black Cats an 11th-minutelead,andBent made sure with a 19th-minute header, his 10th
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      • 634 53 PA Sport DAVID Beckham could be set for a sensational return to England after Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp confirmed yesterday he would try to sign the midfielder on loan. In what was a U-turn from his recent denials of interest in Beckham, Redknapp revealed he
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      • 261 53 PA Sport HARRY Redknapp has revealed Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy had been urging him to splash the cash in thismonth’stransferwindow. It was widely thought Spurs needed to sell before they could buy when the window opened yesterday, butitnowappearsLevyisreadytobankrolltheclub’s push for a second
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        571 54  -  LIVERPOOL 2 (Fernando Torres 49, Joe Cole 90+2) BOLTON 1 (Kevin Davies 43) DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg SO, SOMETHING for the Kop to cheer about as they usher in the new year. Fernando Torres is scoring again, Steven Gerrard is rediscovering his telepathic partnership with El Nino, and hey,
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      • 767 55 Hodgson unlikely to keep his job despite win over Bolton last night Wire Services Wire Services ROY Hodgson is effectively a dead man walking at Anfield. British newspapers reported yesterday that Liverpool’s owners have drawn up a shortlist of candidates to take over the
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      • 149 55 PA Sport LIVERPOOL legend Kenny Dalglish has called for issues about manager Roy Hodgson’sfuturetobeputasidetoallowtheteam to return to winning ways. He told the Liverpool Echo before last night’sgame:“Let’sjustpressthepausebutton and throw all our efforts and energies into one basket. “Everyone whether players, supporters, staff or whatever has
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      • 684 56 / 57  -  WEST BROM1 (James Morrison 14) MAN UNITED 2 (Wayne Rooney 3, Javier Hernandez 75) GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg NEVER mind if the performance was far from their best. From a legitimate West Bromwich Albion penalty appeal that was turned down to, later on, a torrid miss from the
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      • 549 56 / 57 PA Sport RIO Ferdinand believes the three points, and not the performance, were all that mattered from the 2-1 victory over West Brom last night. Ferdinand conceded a penalty but saw his side gain all three points thanks to goals from Wayne Rooney and
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      • Article, Illustration
        696 58 / 59 ANEW year, a new start. For Wayne Rooney, the year 2010 could not end fast enough. It had been a terrible year for the Manchester United striker one which many believe was the lowest in his career. The first few months saw him score plenty of goals,
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