The New Paper, 16 January 2011

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    • 895 2/3  -  S’POREDOCS’MIRACLEOP Cambodianboywith‘nomouth’ used to eat through slit in his gums and drink through his nose. But a miracle surgery here changed that REPORTS: NG WAN CHING wanching@sph.com.sg IMAGINE not being able to open your mouth, ever. Imagine not being able
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    • 462 2/3 SINGAPORE wowed them in many ways fromthe generosityand expertiseof the doctors treating Tot to escalators and expensive designer goods. It was the first time that six-year-old Tot, his father, Mr Seng Nhel, 44, and his uncle, Mr Chea Kimthan, 31,
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    • 552 4  -  S’poreandoc(farright)whoopenedboy’smouthin 5-hour operation describes his reaction upon waking REPORT: NG WAN CHING wanching@sph.com.sg DRMYRAElliotrecalledfirstwatchingToteat.Itwasfascinating.She had taken Tot and his father, Mr Seng Nhel,44,toeatchickenricebeforeTot’ssurgery. Said Dr Elliot, a consultant maxillofacial surgeon at MountElizabethMedicalCentre:“Hewouldputsome rice in front of the slit in his gum and then
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    • 548 5  -  Changi Village residents call for stricter checks on potential tenants. One says: REPORT:MAUREEN MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg FOR a 48-year-old Malaysia Airlines pilot, Changi Village was the perfect spot to build a love nest for his three mistresses. For some residents there, however, The
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    • 742 6 / 7  -  In an exclusive interview with Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo, The New Paper on Sunday finds out how he keeps in touch with the young...and his 17,000 fans on Facebook REPORT: TAY SHI'AN, EUGENE WEE tnp@sph.com.sg WHEN you hold a traditionally staid portfolio like Foreign
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    • 258 6 / 7 HOW did Mr Yeo explain a situation like WikiLeaks to his children? His ministry has been in the spotlight since whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks released classified US diplomatic cables late last year, including some in which Singapore leaders purportedly made negative remarks about our
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    • 329 6 / 7 WHEN he was approached to join politics more than 20 years ago, Mr Yeo hesitated because he and his wife had no children yet. Hesaidcandidly:“Weweretrying,and our gynaecologist advised us to avoid too muchstress,sayingitwasbadforfertility.” Mr Yeo, then 33 and married four years, used that argument
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    • 804 8 / 9  -  Neighbours save elderly woman who fell from her wheelchair REPORT:GAN GAN LING KAI ganlk@sph.com.sg FOR four hours, she lay on the floor in pain and utterly helpless. Madam Sim Siok Bway, 84, was picking something up from the floor when she slipped from
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    • 381 8 / 9 IT WAS a simple story about an elderly man living alone and how he repaired scissors to make ends meet. Now,The NewPaperon Sunday’s report on the“Scissors Man” ofBeach Roadhas inspired a group of Hwa Chong Institution students to help elderly folk like him. These youths got
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    • 538 10  -  60-year-old specialises in handmade Chinese New Year decorations REPORT: MARIE LIM marielim@sph.com.sg IFYOUaretiredofthemass-producedChineseNewYear ornaments that line the walls of heartland shops this time of the year, Mr Tang Chye Hee can fold you a custom-designed origami rabbit made from 130hongbaopackets. Butthisunusualhandmadedecoration,whichcommemorates the
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    • 515 11  -  She’sbelievedtohavehurtpelvisbone&leg Maid survives 9-storey plunge in Bukit Panjang REPORT: CHAI HUNG YIN chaihyn@sph.com.sg YOUcouldcallitamiracle.AnIndonesian domestic maid fellnine storeys while collecting laundry hangingatthewindowonFriday. Shesurvived. Whenparamedicsfoundheratthefootof Block 534 Jelapang Road in Bukit Panjang, shewasstillconscious. The 23-year-old, who had body and leg injuries,was taken
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    • 475 12  -  REPORT: CLARENCE CHEN sychen@sph.com.sg YOUNG people usually hang out at *Scape to use the facilities, shop or have a meal. But this weekend, the youth hub has attracted crowds for a different reason it had become a makeshift showroom for motorcycles as part of
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    • 349 13 Vivek Oberoi left hillside before panic rush kills 104 people BOLLYWOOD actor Vivek Oberoi (above) must consider himself lucky. He was among the thousands who had gone to visit a holy hill shrine in Sabarimala in Kerala, India. Fortunately, the actor had left the
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    • 185 13 THE sight of his 17-year-old grandson and his teenage friends ransacking his house was too much for Mr Mokhtar Yusof, 71. When he wanted to call the police, one of the friends stabbed him to death in his home in Jempol, Negri Sembilan. MrMokhtar’swife,
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    • 545 14 Sporting events held in Australia to raise money for Queensland flood relief TENNIS superstars Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have stepped in to help relief efforts in the flood-ravaged Australian state of Queensland. Federer and Nadal will headline a special sold-out Rally
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    • 745 15 Yaleprofessorslammedforharsh‘Chinese-style’ parenting with teen daughters, including hours of musicpracticeandcallingoneofthem‘garbage’ AP ANEW memoir of tough parenting, Chinesestyle, from aself-proclaimed “tiger mother”hasunleashedaferociousroar. Fallout was swift for Yale law professor Amy Chua (above) after she published a stark essay in The Wall Street Journal describing
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    • 549 16 TeenprostitutesaysItalianPMwaslikeafather HERnicknameisRubyHeart-stealer and at 18, she’s alreadyprimenewsinItaly. The well-endowed Moroccan belly dancer, whose real name is Karimael-Mahroug,isinthecentre of a sex scandal involving Italian PrimeMinisterSilvioBerlusconi. He is being investigated over claims that he paid Karima for sex when she was 17. Paying for sex with
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    • 48 6 / 7 Got a view? Do you have any questions for Minister George Yeo? E-mail them with your full name and contact details to shian@sph.com.sg by noon on Tuesday. The best five questions andMrYeo’sanswersto them will be published at a later date PART 2 TOMORROW: Minister George Yeo, the‘Facebook ambassador’
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    • 8 8 / 9 Neighbourssaveelderlywoman THE NEW PAPER Project Helping Hands tnp.sg/helpinghands
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    • 351 8 / 9 Help us reach out to them TO HELP the elderly who are living alone, The New Paper has partnered the Lions Befrienders Service Association and Ngee Ann Polytechnic in Project Helping Hands. THE PROJECT DESIGN It involves installing wireless motion sensors in the apartments of senior citizens living alone. The
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  • News Snapshot
    • 128 17 SINGAPORE aims to be a hightech, high performance society, operating at “high clock rates” to produce breakthrough solutions. Speaking at venture capital firm Sequoia Capital’s annual retreat, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Singapore and the firm shared a common
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    • 95 17 SCHOOLS should inculcate “three loves”–theloveforfamily,community and Singapore. Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong said this at an Edusave Merit Bursary and Scholarship Awards ceremo- ny yesterday. Said Mr Goh: “Between grades and character,Iputmore importanceon character.” On love for family, he
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    • 104 17 THE Indian artist who caused a stir at the inaugural art fair at Marina Bay Sands (MBS) he sat naked has stopped his act. Yesterday, The Straits Times reported that the gallery owner, Gal- lery Maskara, had been asked to stop
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    • 91 17 CHINA is in discussions with North Korea about stationing its troops in the isolated state, according to a South Korean newspaper. The Chosun Ilbo quoted an anonymous official at South Ko- rea’s presidential Blue House as saying that Beijing and Pyongyang recently discussed
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    • 359 17 BedokReservoir andEast Coastparks to be ‘refreshed’as recreationalhubs COMING to the East Coast area: A dedicated cycling and pedestrian path that directly connects Bedok Reservoir and East Coast Park, and a cycling network that makes it easy for people to cycle to MRT stations,
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      35 17 IN FLAMES: A fire broke out in this BukitPanjangflatyesterday afternoon. The SCDF sent a team to the scene, and the fire was put out in 15 minutes. No one was injured. PICTURE: STOMP
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  • News Exchange
    • 436 18  -  THE BUZZ COMMENT:EUGENEWEE EUGENE WEE eugenew@sph.com.sg KIASU.Crazy.Mad.TheseweresomeofthewordsI’veheardpeopleuse to describe the parents who were queuing overnightatapopularpre-schoolearlierthisweek. And that was just to get on the waiting list for the 2013intake. These were the same words used by some to describe parents who spend over $10,000
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    • 157 18 Weratethepastweek’snews–goodandbad +10 The Government will spend $1 billion over the next five years to rejuvenate three HDB towns in Hougang, East Coast and Jurong Lake under the Remaking Our Heartland programme. -10 Only 22,368 certificates of entitlement (COE) will be available from February to July, three per
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    • 11 18 Father:“Behaveyourself. Youareabigbrothernow.” Three-year-oldson:“No. I’mjustmedium-sized.” “Howdoyoumakeall thebubblesinthecoffee?” –Awomantoabaristamakingherbrew
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous

  • enjoy
    • 936 19  -  Eating a lot for free within a time limit sounds like a good deal, but some S’poreanssay restaurants’extreme eating gimmicks leave them feeling sick REPORT: BELLE CHARLENE KWAN, JENNIFER MARY DHANARAJ tnp@sph.com.sg WOULDyoulikeafreemeal?How about an all-you-can-eat mealonthehouse? Judging by the popularity of buffets and dining discounts
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    • 213 20 WHILE competitive eating might sound like the perfect new hobby to sink your teeth into, experts warn that not only does it take extended training and preparation, multiple side effects could arise. Mr Hairi Soewarso, co-founder of Thinking Tub, a new media company that introduced
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    • Enjoy Family Matters
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        580 21  -  iPhone apps prove useful as learning tools REPORT:JOANNE JOANNE SOH joannes@sph.com.sg “MUMMY, can I play with your iPhone,please?” That’s a question I get from my four-year-oldallthetime. The iPhone has been a great babysitting tool, a marvellous invention for a few moments of peace. AndIdon’tthinkI’malonethere. But before you
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      • 413 21  -  EUGENE WEE FATHER FIGURES eugenew@sph.com.sg I’VERECENTLYbeentoyingwiththeidea of being a Chinese mother. Well, minus the cross-dressing. You can thank Prof Amy Chua for my sudden obsession with trying to become one. The law professor from Yale set off a heated debate between
        TNP ILLUSTRATION: KELVIN CHAN  -  413 words
    • Enjoy Fly on the Wall
      • 377 22 / 23  -  THE300 LIST SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg EVEN in lists, there are lists within. Should I say that again? In the Tatler Singapore The 300 List, which lists the Who’s Who of Singapore, there are, this year, categories within. In Arts and Entertainment, 20; Captains
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      • 292 22 / 23  -  Sylvia Toh Paik Choo THEsky’sbeenthelimitthisweekasa quartet of events (that we know of) have all been at the top of Singapore. IonSky–itmustbechallengingtokeep coming up with place names like SkyPark, Pie in the Sky (oops, this last has not been dreamedup)–wasthehappeningjointfor the select few invitees. Anytimethere’sagilt-edged request for
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    • 766 24 / 25  -  Presenter PriyankaChopra and superstar Shah Rukh Khan entertaininBollywood‘Oscars’ REPORT: JULIANA JUNE RASUL julrasul@sph.com.sg THERE were more stars than you could shake a stick at, but only two really shone in the overly-long, four-hour spectacle that was the Zee Cine Awards 2011. The Bollywood equivalent
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    • Enjoy Shopping
      • 957 26 / 27  -  With Chinese New Year just around the corner,grabaseat with new kid on the furniture block King King Wong to help you keep it chic cheap at home DOLORES TAY doltay@sph.com.sg I AM a lot of things to a lot of people, but no one has
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    • Enjoy Table For 4
      • 526 28  -  CHERYL LIM cheryll@sph.com.sg CANTONESE food is very popular with Singaporeans as is evident by the many restaurants that serve the cuisine here. One new player to enter the scene is Old Hong Kong Legend. Located at Raffles City Shopping Centre, the restaurant straddles the fine
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    • Enjoy Hed Chef
      • 291 29  -  HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg THERE are as many types of men as there are many types of mushrooms. But men tend to have a strange effect on the female nerves, and it isn’t always relaxing. Some men are just best admired from a distance. When contemplating
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    • Enjoy 2 Wheels Good
      • 701 30/31  -  Though costly, some are buying customised bikes DANSON CHEONG tnp@sph.com.sg SOMEcyclistshaveitall.A top-end road bike for club rides, a tri-bike for thosemulti-sportraces,amountainbikefortear-ing up the trails and even a classy “foldie” for office commutesandneighbourhooderrands. Ifyouareluckyenoughtoownsuchalarge“stable” ofbikes,youmightthinkyouhavegotitall. But ask any experienced, discerning cyclist and he willpointoutthatyourstablehasroomforonemore. Abikefullycustomisedtoyourbody’sdimensions. Unlikestockbikes,whichcomeinstandardgeometry determined
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      • 345 30/31 This night race will test even the most seasoned rider GNARLY roots, tight turns and steep, vicious descents –downhillmountainbikingisnotforthe faint-hearted. Riders need lightning-quick reflexes to overcome obstacles and avoid landing face-down in the dirt. Now imagine riding downhill in darkness. Come next Saturday,
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    • 615 33  -  Teaching yourkidsathomeneed notbeso isolating SIVA CHOY HUMOUR ME tnp@sph.com.sg WOULD you go to school if you could study the whole syllabus at home and then score top marks as a private candidate in the exams? Think about it. You get up on Monday morning
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    • REALLY
      • 111 33 Odd news that’sfor real Reuters Plastic surgeons are under fire from Argentine tax inspectors. Tax inspectors, who have previously targeted modeling agencies and soccer players, have turnedtheirattentionto Argentina’s booming trade in breast augmentation. The agency has taken to counting the number of imported breast
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      • 95 33 Reuters A wounded fox shot its would-be killer in Belarus by pulling the trigger on thehunter’s gun as thepair scuffled after the man tried to finish the animal off with the butt of the rifle, media reports said on Thursday. The unnamed hunter, who had approached the
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    • 421 33  -  S M ONG ACT BLUR smong@sph.com.sg LAUNCHED a month ago, The Complete Eh Goondu is a reprint of two books, Eh Goondu and Lagi Goondu, in a single volume, written by my colleague at The New Paper, Sylvia Toh Paik Choo.
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    • Article, Illustration
      94 34 Today, we showcase your New Year shots. On Jan 23 and 30, we will feature your best back-to-school photos. From today till Jan 23, the best photo of the week wins a $100 KidStyle OshKosh B’Goshvoucher.Sendyourpicturesand messages to tnpforum@sph.com.sg HappyNewYear to everybody in Singapore. Aryn from Washington. From
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  • Page 32 Miscellaneous
    • 58 32 Enjoy TV& Comics WATCH’EM PICTURE: WARNERBROS TheLast10PoundsBootcamp LI(SingTelmioTVCh22),10pm Inthisnewrealityseries,agroupofwomenwhoaremotivatedbya specialoccasiongothroughanintensefitnessandnutritionregimen inordertoslimdowninrecordtimeandfitintoasexynewoutfit. Gladiators:BackFromTheDead DiscoveryChannel(StarHubCh422),9pm Thisnewdocumentaryspecialpiecestogetherthestoriesof gladiatorsschooledindifferenttypesofphysicalcombatand providesaglimpseintoanancienttimewhereupholdingone’s honoursometimesmeantafightuntildeath. InsideTheStateDepartment NationalGeographicChannel(StarHubCh411),10pm WegobehindthescenesattheUSStateDepartmentinthisnew documentaryspecialforarealisticlookatwhatittakestoprepare andexecuteUSpresidentBarackObamaandsecretaryofstate HillaryClinton’scriticalforeignpolicymissions. MySister’s Keeper (above) HBO(StarHubCh601), 9pm A younggirl looks to earnmedical emancipationfrom her parents,who conceived herspecificallytobe an idealkidney donorfor their leukemia-stricken elder daughter. StarringCameron Diaz, AbigailBreslin. WhenInRome StarMovies(StarHubCh622),9pm
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    • 207 32 CHANNEL 5 Noon America’sFunniest HomeVideos 12.30pm Films&Stars Asia 1.00 Movie: LittleManhattan 3.00 WhenWomenRule TheWorld 4.00 Don’tForget TheLyrics 5.00 KyleXYIV 6.00 BritanniaHigh 7.00 TheNoose 7.30 Movie:Taken 9.30 News5Tonight 10.00 BeautyFirst 10.30 SingaporeTalking 11.15 TopChef CHANNEL8 1.00pm PerfectResults 1.30 Don’tForget The Lyrics 2.30 Movie:Prison OnFireII 4.35 TheDream-Catchers 6.30 SingaporeToday 7.00 Love 9.00
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    • 30 38 / 39 Saturday,Jan15 2011 First Second Third 2554 6266 7721 Starters 1733 2712 2839 3383 5673 5687 8179 8690 9156 9770 Consolations 3534 4408 4678 6377 7410 8264 8282 8729 9439 9643
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    • 31 56 / 57 WILL King Kenny deliver a Derby win on his return to the Anfield dugout? Post your thoughts and match reactions on TNP Football Kaki's iPhone app forum or e-mail tnpkaki@ sph.com.sg
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  • sports
    • 322 60 West Ham are reportedly ready to replace Avram Grant with MartinO’Neillregardlessofthe outcome of the Arsenal game AFP. POORAvramGrant.Ifmediareports in Englandare to bebelieved, thematch againstArsenal earlythis morning (Singaporetime)wouldhave been AvramGrant’s last matchin charge of WestHam. SkySportstelevision reported yesterday thatWest Hamare preparing tosack the Israeli andreplacehim with formerAstonVilla boss
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    • Racing
      • 1244 35 ITIPSAND COMMENTS BY PHILLIP WOO, COURTESY OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB. RACE 1(1,200m) Value Choice (4) didn't disgrace in his opening four runs, including a ground-covering seventh over this course and distance from a wide gate. Has reaped the benefits of a stable
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      • 894 35 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 CLASS5AWT 1200m TIME:1:00 Stakes:HK$500,000 NO. HORSENAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 SUPERPEPPER CHYIP MGUYON 133 9 2 KIMBERFORTUNE KWLUI BPREBBLE 132 4 3 DASHINGACE BKNG MLYEUNG 131 12 4 VALUECHOICE ASCRUZ GMOSSE 131 1 5 CITYDRAGON JMOORE MCHADWICK 130
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      • 579 36 / 37 Race1 C5(LC)1400m 3 BRILLIANTTYCOON56.5c55.5(19-5) LLTai (7) 1 1 1 (439) 6 MIGHTYDIVA54.5c52.5(83-26) KEirwan (2) 2 2 2 (444) Nk 1 BUKITFIRE57c53(12-5) SRosmizan* (5) 4 3 3 (440) 1.5 7 REDCLIFF54(131-37) CalvinGoon (4) 7 8 4 (459) 0.75 XWinning stable: Ru Yi. Trainer: PS Kumaran. Time: 1min
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      • 1262 36 / 37 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 C5 12.50 -1600m(Turf) Stakes:$35,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 707-99 DominantForce 57.5 (40) TRehaizat*c4 12 (5nzgZLMok-Paiza) 2 *****0 Brzee 57 (39) THKoh*c3 9 (5agKCYeoh-GHTay) 3 *****2 GoldenLido 57 (39) MKelladyc1 7 (6agSBurridge-DarwinLiman) 4 *****8 WhoEls
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      • 101 36 / 37 BESTBET TWO wins from two outings both with consummate ease on today’sPolytracksurface. That’s the obvious reason for The NewPaperonSunday’stippingpanel to stick to the Brian Dean-trained PERWIRA (left) in Race 6. Perwira, as most pundits would agree, is a horse going places, and he stands out like soot
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      • Article, Illustration
        593 36 / 37 Tan Thean Loon Andrew Frost Danny Khoo Marc Tan 1 RACE Super Return Reverse Takeover Reverse Takeover Hi Jack 8 7 7 7 5 3 8 12 Reverse Takeover Golden Lido Super Return 8 12Tian Lu Tian Lu Tian Lu 5 5 Hi Jack Hi Jack Super Return
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      • 1663 38 / 39 ANDREWFROST’SCOMMENTSONTODAY’SKRANJIRACES RACE1 (1,600m) 1 Dominant Force))Improved run last start and worthasmalllookforexotics. 2 Brzee)No. 3 Golden Lido)))Recent form looks solid with a secondinhislaststartandshouldwinsooninClass5.Each-waybet. 4 WhoEls))Form in recenttimeshas beenstrong on the Poly,sowillneedtobeathistoptofigurehereonturf.Preferothers. 5 Hi Jack)))Always in the market and needs a result for his followers. Looks a decent
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      • 675 38 / 39 RACE 1 (Rosehill) 1st 1 Sea Lord ($7-$7) 2nd 7 Second Draw ($15) 3rd 8 Vader (no 3rd dividend) 4th 5 Our Freedom. Forecast $13. Tierce $180. Trio $91. Quartet $585. Scratchings: Ready To Rip, The Last General. RACE 2 (Flemington) 1st 7 Showstoppa ($18-$7) 2nd 10
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      • 989 40 ITIPSANDCOMMENTSCOURTESYOFTHE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS. RACE1Cranbourne(1,400m) 1 ARMS DEAL (MC Kent) 4g: First start. By Zabeel Cornwall Queen. Scored 2 len win 1,190m Cranbourne barrier trial heavy trk May 3. Key runner from top local stable who brought NZ$300,000 at the 2008 NZ Ready To
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      • 726 40 11:35Race1 CRANBOURNE 1400M 1 ARMSDEAL NICHOLASHALL (9) 58 2 DANZBOY LCURRIE (7) 58 3 IDOVOODOO DDUNN (13) 58 4 QUITEPERFECT ICULLIVER (14) 58 5 TERETOA SWARNOLD (2) 58 6 COLDENSCHOICE CHRISSYMONS (16) 56.5 7 MUSTHAVE CNEWITT (17) 56.5 8 SONGSPUR DOLIVER (15) 56.5 9
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    • Sports Mad about Golf
      • 201 41 AS THE new season began across the world’s professional Tours, it means a renewed focus on being the best player you can be. And for the overwhelming majority, it also means relying on the consistent performance of Titleist on every shot. At the Hyundai Tournament of Champions,
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      • 558 41 AP STUART Appleby knows as well as anyone that winning can happen when you least expect it. He was playing his 11th straight week without so much as a top-10 last year when he shot 59 in the final round to win The
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      • 299 41 Reuters TEENAGE prodigy Alexis Thompson’s request to play more frequently on the LPGA Tour through sponsor’s invitations has been denied, commissioner Mike Whan said on Friday. The 15-year-old American (left) had petitioned the Tour for “limited membership” and a doubling in sponsor exemptions from six to
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    • Sports Tennis
      • 558 42/43 AFP REIGNING champion Roger Federer piled pressure on Rafael Nadal yesterday by calling him “favourite” for the Australian Open, where the Spaniard is gunning for his fourth Grand Slam title in a row. Federer (below) said he is sure the world No.
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      • 418 42/43 Hewitt wins Kooyong Classic and prepares to break record AFP LLEYTON Hewitt will enter the record books as he embarks on a 15th Australian Open campaign, a feat made even sweeter by his 7-5, 6-3 defeat of Gael Monfils to win the Kooyong Classic yesterday.
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      • 583 42/43 CAROLINE Wozniacki insists she will enter the Australian Open starting tomorrow without anything to prove despite having risen to the No. 1 ranking in women’s tennis without winning a Grand Slam event. Like Dinara Safina and Jelena Jankovic before her, Wozniacki has risen to the
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      • 189 42/43 AP TOP SEED David Ferrer signalled his threat for next week’sAustralianOpenwhenheclaimedhissecond Heineken Open title with a 6-3,6-3 win over Argentina’s David Nalbandian in yesterday’s final in Auckland. The Spaniard, ranked No. 7 in the world, added to the title he
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      • 75 42/43 AFP RUSSIAN beauty Maria Sharapova accused a New Zealand journalist of “stalking” her yesterday, after he asked if she had spent time with Anna Kournikovaandfrequentedaclubfor“hotRussians”. “You’retheguyfromNewZealand,huh?”Sharapova said, when she recognised the male journalist fromthismonth’sAucklandClassic. “OhGod,you’restalkingme.” “It’s not stalking if you love someone,” the journalist said jokingly, to
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    • Sports NBA
      • 728 44 AP Spurs 101 Mavericks 89 THESanAntonioSpurshandedthereel-ing Dallas Mavericks their fourth straightNBAloss,101-89onFriday. Dirk Nowitzki missed his ninth straight game because of a knee injury and the once-mighty Mavs lost for the seventh time sincetheAll-Starforwardwentout. Tony Parker scored 18 points and DeJuan Blairhad18pointsand 13reboundsathome for the Spurs,
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        543 45 AFP. GROUPD IRAN1 (Karim Ansari Fard 62) NORTHKOREA 0 THREE-TIME champions Iran swept aside North Korea 1-0 at the Asian Cup yesterday to become the first team to qualify for the quarter-finals in their bid to end a 35-year title drought. Karim Ansari Fard struck the winner in
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      • 414 45 Reuters GROUPC BAHRAIN 5 (Faouzi Aaish 8-pen, Ismaeel Abdulatif 16,19, 35, 77) INDIA 2 (Gouramangi Singh 9, Sunil Chhetri 52) STRIKER Ismaeel Abdulatif scored four goals as Bahrain swept past India 5-2 at the Al Sadd Stadium yesterday morning to end the BhangraBoys’interestintheAsianCup. Bahrain now
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      • 1599 46/47 Fifa Coach of the Year JOSE MO URINHO tells fifa. com his hopes for Real Madrid, his thoughts on Cristiano Ronaldo and his verdict on the best league in the world IHow wouldyoudefine yourcoaching style? Isthe high esteem your former charges hold you in
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      • 364 46/47 Wire Services. BAYERNMunich’shonorarypresident Franz Beckenbauer has blasted Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho for his confrontational attitude and disrespect towards others. “He’s rude with no education. The fact that he wears cashmere sweaters doesn’t mean he belongs like a gentleman,” the German legend told goal.com Spain. Beckenbauer
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      • 536 48  -  SAFFC’sHyrulnizam topsthisyear’s S-League H-TWO-O Ultimate Move competition LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg IN THE current hit American television series Glee, high school football jock Finn Hudson’s singing talent was spotted when he sang in the shower. Similarly, SAFFC goalkeeper Hyrulnizam Juma’at’s penchant for singing in the
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      • 357 48  -  LIM SAY HENG WE WANT to tap on the youth, both on and off the football field. That was the message that Football Association of Singapore (FAS) president Zainudin Nordin (below) had for the gathered pressmen yesterday. Speaking at the sidelines of the
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      • 473 49  -  Special Correspondent West Brom ................3 Blackpool ..................2 West Brom: Odemwingie 37, 87, Morrison 52 Blackpool: Vaughan 11 Taylor-Fletcher 80 BY JOHN CURTIS TWO-GOALPeterOdemwingieendedWestBrom’sfive-gamelosing streakwithalatewinneragainst Blackpool. DavidVaughanputBlackpool infront,butAlbionreplied throughOdemwingieandJames MorrisononlyforGaryTaylorFletchertolevelfortheSeasiders. ButthenOdemwingiestruck withthreeminuteslefttomove Albionawayfromtherelegation zone. Despitetheresult,WestBrom bossRobertodiMatteopaid tributetohisopponents’impact inthePremierLeaguethisseason. Hesaid:“Ithinkeveryoneis surprisedtoseethempullingoff somegreatresults.Youcanplay well,buttheyarepullingoff somegreatresultsaswell. “Therewerenoexpectations onthem.Beforetheseason started,everyonewrotethemoff anddidn’tgivethemachance.”
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      • 231 49  -  Wigan ........................1 Fulham ......................1 Wigan: Rodallega57 Fulham: Johnson 86 BY PHIL MEDLICOTT Special Correspondent ANDYJOHNSON’Slategoal earned Fulham a vital Premier League point away to fellow strugglersWigan. The hosts went ahead in the 57th minute through Hugo Rodallega, but substitute Johnson pulled it level with four
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      • 639 50  -  Man City ....................4 Wolves ......................3 Man City: KToure 40, Tevez 49, 54, YToure 66 Wolves: Milijas 12, Doyle 68 (pen), Zubar 86 BY SIMON STONE Special Correspondent CARLOSTEVEZscoredtwiceasManchesterCityleapttothetopofthe table,despitegoingagoaldown in a Premier League classic against Wolves. The Argentinian grabbed his goals after Kolo Toure had
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      • 269 50  -  Stoke ........................2 Bolton........................0 Stoke: Higginbotham 37, Etherington 63 (pen) BY KEN GAUNT Special Correspondent STOKE secured an emphatic win against Bolton on the day their proposedmoveforHoffenheim’s striker Demba Ba broke down. Goals from Danny Higginbotham and Matthew Etherington (pen) either side of half
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      • 436 52 / 53 AFP ASTON Villa manager Gerard Houllier views tonight’s derby against Birmingham as the perfect opportunity to win overthe club’ssupporters. The Frenchman has found his position under scrutiny in recent weeks following Villa’s slide into the relegation zone and fans even called for him to
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      • 437 52 / 53 MIDLANDSDERBY PA Sport BIRMINGHAM v ASTONVILLA (Tonight, 8pm,Singtel MioTVCh 102) BIRMINGHAM are set to hold talks with striker Robbie Keane after having a £6 million ($12.3m) bid acceptedby Tottenhamon Friday. City have reached agreement with Spurs to pay an initial £4 million for 30-year-oldKeane. This
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      • 665 52 / 53 SUNDERLAND v NEWCASTLE (Tonight, 8pm, SingTel mio TV Ch 103) TYNE-WEARDERBY PA Sport NEWCASTLE boss Alan Pardew will target victory in his first Tyne-Wear Derby tonight despite being hampered by an injury crisis. The 49-year-old will make the short trip to the Stadium of
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      • 381 52 / 53 PA Sport WHEN the fixture list is announced, the first instinct of many fans and players is to scan through the matches in search of derby days. But Sunderland goalkeeper Craig Gordon has warned his teammates not to get caught up
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      • 506 54 / 55 TOTTENHAM v MAN UNITED (Tomorrow,12.10am, SingTelmio TV Ch102) AFP HARRYRedknappbelievesManches-ter United will face the biggest threat to their unbeaten record when the Premier League leaders visit Tottenham tomorrow morning (Singapore time). Sir Alex Ferguson’s side has gone undefeated throughout the
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      • 565 54 / 55 Wire Services SIR ALEX Ferguson cannot recall going to White Hart Lane to play a Spurs team which is in contention for the title. Manchester United face a stern test tomorrow morning (Singapore time) at fourth-placed Tottenham, who are eight points behind
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      • 249 54 / 55 PA Sport HARRY Redknapp is prepared to scrap his move for David Beckham if the Los Angeles Galaxy continue to demand the midfielder returns to the United States by mid-Febru-ary. Beckham started a month-long training spell at the north London club on Monday
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      • 337 54 / 55 PA Sport HAD SIR Alex Ferguson got his way, Gareth Bale would be turning out in a red shirt at White Hart Lane tomorrow morning (Singapore time). The Tottenham star is clearly a man Manchester United must play special attention to as they look to
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    • 793 51  -  CHELSEA2 (Branislav Ivanovic 57, Nicolas Anelka 76) BLACKBURN0 GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg IN THEIR worst run in the league for almost 15 years, Chelsea were desperately clinging on to the belief that they would turn the corner someday, somewhere. Yet, as the scoreboard at Stamford Bridge
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    • Sports EPL Merseyside Derby
      • 713 56 / 57  -  The Liverpool Dalglish left behind in 1991 and the Liverpool he finds himself in charge of once again are worlds apart IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM THE UK IT IS typical of football that Everton should be the opponents on Kenny Dalglish’s long-awaited
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      • 402 56 / 57 PA Sport A HEATED atmosphere requires cool heads. Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish hopes his players will display the intelligence quiredtowintonight’s215thMerseysideDerby after errors cost the side defeat in his first two matches in charge. Dalglish will walk out of the Anfield tunnel as Reds boss for the
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      • 421 56 / 57 PA Sport. DAVID Moyes is relieved Steven Gerrard will not be lining up against his Everton side tonight. But the Toffees manager (left) expects Liverpool to feel the same about Tim Cahill. Kenny Dalglish is unable to call upon the inspirational Gerrard as
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      • 812 58 / 59  -  EXCLUSIVE GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg LIVERPOOLvEVERTON (Tonight, 10.05pm,SingTelmio TV Ch102) ITIStheMerseyside Derby,a time when almostan entirecitycomes toa standstill. It’sthe mosteagerly-awaitedPremiershipclash for fansofLiverpooland Everton,and a focalpoint forthe localcommunity. Withbothclubs strugglingthis season,this fiery Barclays PremierLeagueclashtakeson evenmore significance. DietmarHamann, 37, knowsa thingor twoabout the magic ofthisfixture. These daysa
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        • 124 58 / 59 *Alltelecastsliveunlessotherwisestated.Forthelatest,pleasecheck www.mio.singtel.com/miotv&www.starhub.com/tv *Programmetimes,providedbySingTel&StarHub,subjecttochange LIVE TELECASTS AFC ASIAN CUP Tomorrow: ICHINAvUZBEKISTAN STAR Sports, SingTel mio TV Ch 115, midnight ISAUDIARABIA vJAPAN STAR Sports, SingTel mio TV Ch 115,9pm IJORDAN vSYRIA ESPN, SingTel mio TV Ch 114,9pm EPL Tonight: IBIRMINGHAM vASTON VILLA SingTel mio TV Ch 102,8pm ISUNDERLAND vNEWCASTLE SingTel mio
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