The New Paper, 13 March 2011

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    • 59 1 JAPAN QUAKE: THE DAY AFTER The New Paper on MARCH 13 2011 113/01/2011 (P) MICA CENTS 3838 6388 subscribe: To twitter.com/thenewpaper facebook.com/thenewpaper BIG SCARE S’porean gets stuck for 30 hours without food 2 BIG THREAT Fears of nuclear meltdown 4 BIG MESS Japan picks up the pieces 6 BIG SEARCH
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  • News Japan's Super Quake: The Day After
    • 149 2 / 3 THE Singapore embassy in Tokyo has been contacting registered Singaporeans in Japan since the earthquake struck, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said yesterday. There were no reports of injured Singaporeans as of 6pm yesterday. The embassy is also closely monitoring media reports of an explosion at
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    • 929 2 / 3  -  S’poreanstudentleftstrandedattrainstation without food as almost all stores closed big scare REPORT:JOYCE JOYCE LIM joycel@sph.com.sg SINGAPOREAN Lim Wil Surn (right) went 30 hours without food after the 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck Japan. All he had were a few cans of beer. Mr Lim was
      PICTURES: REUTERS, LIM WIL SURN, MICHAEL CHEW  -  929 words
    • 323 2 / 3  -  Relieved wife meets him at Changi airport bigrelief relief REPORT:RAE REPORT:RAE TANand DIANE LOUYS tnp@sph.com.sg HE WAS on his way to Narita Airport to catch a plane home when the earthquake hit. The bus he was in shook so violently that it
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    • Article, Illustration
      553 4 / 5 Radiation leaked from a quake-hit Japanese nuclear plant yesterday, but the government moved to calm fears of meltdown and said a huge explosion had not ruptured the container surrounding the reactor Source: Los Angeles Times, Al Jazeera What happened? Shaking from the magnitude 8.9 quake caused the reactors’
      Source: Los Angeles Times, Al Jazeera; TNP GRAPHICS SOURCE: REUTERS  -  553 words
    • 934 6 / 7 Sendai residents try to cope in the city that was hit hardest by the quake IT WAS just another Friday for mobile phone saleswoman Naomi Ishizawa. The 24-year-old was busy selling phones, when the earth beneath her feet began to move. Initially, she dismissed it as
      PICTURES: REUTERS, AP  -  934 words
    • 917 8 / 9 Amid the devastation, stories of survival emerge as one of the largest rescue efforts in recent times gets under way big search IT’S PERHAPS the biggest search and rescue effort in modern times. Japan has mobilised everything it possibly can at this moment of utter
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  • News
    • 907 10 / 11  -  TotalevacuationofChristchurch’s devastated quake sites helps SCDF team to detect noises in rubble REPORT:CHAI CHAI HUNG YIN chaihyn@sph.com.sg HE HAS been on many quake relief missions worldwide. But none has been as challenging as the one in Christchurch, New Zealand, after a 6.3 magnitude quake rocked
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    • 618 12  -  More political parties here are jumping on the social media bandwagon to keep the public updated on their activities. But will their presence online help them in the coming GE? REPORTS:MAUREENKOH,RAE REPORTS:MAUREENKOH,RAE TAN and TAM SU FERNE tnp@sph.com.sg THE updates come fast and regularly, complete with pictures, detailed
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    • 246 12 PEOPLE’SACTIONPARTY Where: Facebook, Twitter and official websites Following: More than 11,000 on Facebook and just under 912 on Twitter. These figures do not represent the friends or likes on the individual members’Facebook pages. Gist: Members of Parliament have their individual Facebook pages, plus there
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    • 577 14/15  -  StrongmanChallengefinalisthadtobulkupquickly,so... REPORT:FOO REPORT:FOO JIEYINGand NOOR ASHIKIN ABDUL RAHMAN tnp@sph.com.sg THIS year’s HomeTeamNS Strongman Challenge finalist Raphael Teo’s diet is not just protein shakes and health bars. In the days leading up to the competition, the 19-year-old ate dishes like baked rice with cheese
      PICTURES KUA CHEE SIONG cskua@sph.com.sg  -  577 words
    • 288 16  -  Central CDC pitches in to help boys score in soccer. One says: REPORT:CLEMENT CLEMENT YAP cyap@sph.com.sg GROWING up, Shah Rykal Bin Abdul Wazid, 12, never had a proper pair of soccer boots. But the New Town Primary School student lovedsoccersomuchhedidn’tmindplayingbarefoot. Said Shah’s mother, Madam Dewi
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    • 136 12 FAMILY MATTERS Usually the term "Togetherness" is being overshadowed by our busy and stressful lifestyle both at home and at work school. Having togetherness means that siblings are encouraged to complement each other. Parents work together to instil positive influences as well as being a role model for their children
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    • 112 13 I ,1 TUDY IN \AU ETRAL A ae v ro*-o Study In Australia Explore Australia. Discover Yourself. Symposium: Education Beyond Books (Open to students in JC, Poly and IB) 16 March 2011, 8.30 am 5.30 pm Hwa Chong Institution, Auditorium Australian High School Sample Class (Open to students in Secondary
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  • News Snapshot
    • Article, Illustration
      74 18/19 OVERJOYED: Russian national Alex Shumilov celebrates after being the first customer to buy the latest Ipad 2 at the Apple store on Fifth Avenue in New York, on Friday. The 28-year-old flew in from Moscow on Thursday. The iPad 2 looks much like the first version, only with
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    • 469 18/19 MCYS MINISTER: MORE safeguards will be introduced to identify and protect those who are most vulnerable to problem gambling, if the need arises. Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Dr Vivian Balakrishnan gave this assurance at yesterday’s forum for contributors to the government
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    • 107 18/19 MORE than 600 undergraduates from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have applied for places at the Tembusu College in its University Town (UTown). UTown has four residential colleg- es, two of which Tembusu and Cinnamon colleges will open in August. The remaining two residential
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    • 109 18/19 COUPLES who plan to tie the knot from June 14 can choose to do so at the spruced up Registries of Marriages (ROM) building. Bookings for the solemnisation rooms can be done from tomorrow when couples file their notice of marriage at
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    • 100 18/19 AFP. THOUSANDS of anti-government “Red Shirt” demonstrators took to the streets in Bangkok yesterday to mark a year since the start of their protests in the Thai capital. Thai society remains deeply divided following political violence that left about 90 people dead
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    • 101 18/19 AP. A HUMAN rights group says an Internet activist has been charged with subversion for spreading calls online for Middle Eastern-style anti-govern-ment protests in China. The Hong Kong-based Informa- tion Centre for Human Rights and Democracy said Mr Guo Weidong
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    • 38 18/19 FOUND RETURNED: A Song Dynasty Bodhisattva head on display in Washington, US, on Friday. The artefact was among others seized by US customs officials in an operation targeting illicit imports. It has been returned to China. PICTURE: AFP
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    • 110 18/19 AFP. PRESIDENT Barack Obama said on Friday that he was willing to tap emergency US oil stockpiles. However, he indicated that such a move was not yet needed, despite high oil prices caused by tension in the Middle East. Mr Obama
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    • 82 18/19 AFP. TWIN blasts rocked northern Moscow on Friday in an attack that left no casualties but appeared part of a campaign against targets linked to the Federal Security Service (FSB). Thetwobombs–oneleftontopof an outdoor garage and the other left inametalgarbagecontainer–wentoffoutsideabuilding housing FSB employees and their
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    • 104 18/19 AFP. CAMBODIA will use the local currency for trading on its stock exchange which is to be launched soon, officials said yesterday. Stock quotations must be in riel only, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia said on its website, ending
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    • 115 18/19 Reuters. ARAB states meeting in Cairo are likely to back the idea of a no-fly zone over Libya, an Egyptian official said, in a decision that will give the regional support Nato has said is needed for any military action. Libyan
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  • Page 18/19 Miscellaneous

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  • News Exchange
    • 422 21  -  THE BUZZ COMMENT:SYLVIA SYLVIA TOH PAIKCHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg ANOTHER International Women’s Day (IWD) passed in Singapore, generally not marked in the manner it is in many other regions. IWD originally with an extra W for “Working” is 100yearsold,bornintheUSAtorespectandappreciate women for their economic, political and social achievements. Here,
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    • 115 21 SINGAPOREHAPPINESSINDEX Weratethepastweek’snews–goodandbad +10 Only 84 pregnant women filed wrongful dismissal complaints last year, a drop of nearly 43 per cent from 2009. -10 Only India fared worse than Singapore in a study of the proportion of women on the boards of top companies in Asia-Pacific countries. -10
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    • 17 21 Girl1:“Whichis bigger?A3orA4” Girl2:“Ofcourse,A4 lah. Four is bigger thanthree.” –Twogirlsataphotocopyshop “Mystudentputmy ageatmid-20s. SCORE!!!” –Teacher,inher30s,toherfriend
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous

  • enjoy
    • 259 22/23 IT’Snotjustthewomenwhoareleavingtheir jobs in search of serenity. Men are, too. Mr Copper Crow, 33, the country managing teacher at Pure Yoga, called it quits after five years in the finance sector in the US as a broker and corporate trainer. Hesaid:“ImadealotofmoneybutIwasn’t fulfilled
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    • 830 22/23  -  More people leaving the corporate jungle for the tranquillity of teaching yoga, judging by the number of enrolments in instructor courses officetoOM... REPORT:MARIE MARIE LIM marielim@sph.com.sg WORKINGlateintothenight,manag-ing a hectic schedule and sometimesgoingtobedonlyat3am. This was the life of Miss Rasida Aini, 31, whenshewasasoftwaredeveloper. These days, she has
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    • Enjoy Fly on the Wall
      • 386 24  -  Salvatore Ferragamo show at Paragon SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg IT WAS Teddy Bears 4, Merlion 0. Four Salvatore Ferragamo head honchos from its Hong Kong HQ were spotted sporting its branded label necktie with the teddy bear motif. Che (“what” in Italian)
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    • 467 25  -  REPORT:JENNIFER JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg RED jerseys, outbursts of “referee kayu”andtheKallangroar. Remember those football matches at the National Stadium? That atmosphere has been captured in a slightly exaggerated manner by the award-winning infographics and design chief of The New Paper, Mr Lee Hup Kheng,
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    • Enjoy 2 Wheels Good
      • 785 26 / 27  -  It was tough keeping up with pros competing in OCBC Cycle Singapore Professional Criterium DANSON CHEONG tnp@sph.com.sg WITH about 50 riders from at least six different countries and bicycles of every imaginable colour, we looked like a rainbow streaking through Singapore. Last Friday, I
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      • 452 26 / 27 SADDLE sores can ruin a perfectly good ride. They are usually a pesky annoyance, but in worst case scenarios, they can keep you off the bike altogether. Most hard-core riders would have experienced some form of saddle sores at one point or another. Cyclists in
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    • Enjoy Family Matters
      • 620 28 / 29  -  Stumped on how to entertain your kids duringthisweek’sschoolholidays? DIANELOUYS(dlouys@sph.com.sg) shows you how to have a fun time with the young ones DIANE LOUYS DIANELOUYS(dlouys@sph.com.sg) Learn Asian cultures The Children of Asia 2011 is an arts and cultural showcase, presented by Act 3 International. Some 20 artisans
        AIR FORCE MUSEUM PICTURE BY KELVIN CHNG, OTHER PICTURES COURTESY OF ORGANISERS  -  620 words
      • 498 28 / 29  -  It’salsoimportantforkidstohave time to enjoy their childhood with the simple pleasures of life S MURALI FATHER FIGURES muralis@sph.com.sg IWASintheeducationsystemforabout16yearsasastudent.I don’t think my parents were ever asked to meet myteachersinallthattime. But the world has changed. To date, I have met the teachers of my
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    • Enjoy Table For 4
      • 363 30  -  CHERYL LIM cheryll@sph.com.sg PEKINGduckiswellknowntomanydinershere.Butnotmanymayknowthattheversionservedhere is closer to the Hong Kong style than the authenticBeijingone. Itmaysoundatadironicsincethenameofthedish bearsthecityitoriginatedfrom. The authentic Peking duck is served with a plate of duckskin, whichshould bedipped insugar andeaten firstbeforethemeatisenjoyed. Paradise Pavilion, one of the eight restaurants under the Paradise group, serves this authentic
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    • Enjoy Hed Chef
      • 286 31  -  HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg THERE are few things worse than overdone beef. Even being stood up on a date ranks lower than chewing on a piece of beef so overcooked it makes leather taste tender. Hacking your way through sinewy meat so over-fried you need
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    • Enjoy Shopping
      • 416 32  -  Skincare or make-up, there are new products that will help you put your best face forward YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sph.com.sg WHATEVER situation you’re in, good or bad, happy or sad, put on your best face. That said, this best face is easier to assemble
        PICTURES: MAYBELLINE, LILY LOLO, ELIZABETH ARDEN, KIEHL'S  -  416 words
    • Enjoy Humour
      • 647 34  -  Meaning of words have changed alongwiththeworld SIVA CHOY HUMOUR ME tnp@sph.com.sg “Bas3rd!”No, that’s not a word out of somebody’s mobilephonetext message. I first saw it on a crude, hand-painted banner brandished by a football supporter at Kallang Stadium in
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      • REALLY?
        • 82 34 Odd news that’sfor real Reuters. CHRONICALLY tardy and truant students at a Massachusetts high schoolare gettinga rudeawakening apre-recordedmorningwake-up call from their school principal. Theso-called“robo-calls” that began on March 9 are aimed at rousing about 500 students, the worst-offending sleepyheads, from bed and getting them to school on time.
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        • 76 34 AP. ALUCKY babygirlin Kentucky survivedafreak accidentwhen a sportsutility vehicle(SUV) crashed intoaroomandbroke her crib. Thegirl’s fathersaid she only sustainedascratch on her head. MrKenneth Enright toldLexington stationWKYT-TV thatthe SUV barely missedhis 10-month-olddaughter whenit crashedinto hishomein Kirksville,centralKentucky on Mondaymorning. MrEnright saidhe quicklyran into theroom whereheheard his daughtercrying andsaw thatthe
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      • 305 34  - Self-exclusion from casinos why not elsewhere? S M ONG ACT BLUR smong@sph.com.sg DEAR Resort World Sentosa (RWS), BelatedcongratulationsonbeingSingapore’sfirst integrated resort. When building a casino in Singapore was first proposedafewyearsago,therewasconcern–asthere stillis–aboutproblemgambling. To address this concern, one safeguard that has been put in place is voluntary self-exclusion. I find this to be
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    • Article, Illustration
      122 35 Today, we feature your kids in their best outfits. On March 20 and March 27, we will feature your best school holiday snapshots. This week till March 27, the best photo of the week wins a $100 KidStyle Levi’sKidsvoucher.Sendyourpicturesandmessages totnpforum@sph.com.sg Thankyou mummy Alicia daddy Gabriel for the beautiful
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    • 33 22/23 FAMILY MATTERS School hols are here and here are some activities to engage your little ones PA GE 28 2 WHEELS GOOD There’sa reason they’repro cyclists– ourcolumnistlearns the hard way PA GE 26
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  • Page 28 / 29 Miscellaneous
    • 125 28 / 29 #1' MOVIE IN USA! FROM THE DIRECTOR OF "PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN" HY BLEND IN WHEN YOU CAN STAND OUT WW gjmWeekly vaiHigYiGsaiaa 0 W i ikmkskek A •W "IMriguirg sustSenseful-and Kb rr "Jason rJohnson John clever SPH FIRST, The Straits Times Life! y m *r* Ming Zaobao, zbNOW movleXcluslve.com
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    • 29 28 / 29 GENERATION NEXT Aren’t you just the cutest? I love you sooo much. What’s that smell? Kids, I think it’s time to give your pet a bath. TNP ILLUSTRATION:KELVIN CHAN
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  • Page 33 Miscellaneous
    • 280 33 Enjoy WATCH‘EM TV& Comics TheSPDCharity Show2011 Channel8,7pm Thislivevarietyspecialfeatures localcelebsraisingfundsforthe SocietyforthePhysically DisabledlikeFannWongand ChristopherLeedoingasand danceandasynchronised swimmingsegmentinvolving thelikesofGurmitSinghandDai Yangtian. HurricaneSeason FoxFamilyMovies (StarHubCh624),8pm Ahighschoolbasketballcoach assemblesateamofplayers whohadpreviouslyattended differentschoolsbeforethe HurricaneKatrinadisasterand leadsthemonthepathtothe statechampionships.Starring ForestWhitaker,BonnieHunt. Case39 HBO(StarHubCh601),9pm Asocialworkerfightstosavea girlfromherabusiveparents, onlytodiscoverthatthe situationismoredangerous thansheeverexpected. StarringReneeZellweger, BradleyCooper. CHANNEL5 Noon MakingItBig 1.00pm Movie:Suzanne’s DiaryTo Nicholas 3.00 Don’tForget TheLyrics 4.00 AmericanIdol 5.00 KyleXYIV
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  • Racing
    • 1873 36 / 37 ITIPSANDCOMMENTSCOURTESYOFTHE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS. RACE 1 Sunshine Coast (1,600m) 1 DAYS GONE BY 5 FLAWLESS 3 MODERN AL 4 GRAND HOMME. RACE 2 Canberra (2,000m) 3 FINE DROP (R J Price) 4g By General Nediym Fine Red (18:2-0-4): Chased solidly without threatening when 11/4 len,
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    • 1223 36 / 37 11:30Race1 SUNSHINECOAST 1600M 1 DAYS GONE BY PHAMMERSLEY (7) 58 2 HI JO SILVER DJ BROWNE (9) 57.5 3 MODERN AL MATTHEW PALMER (12) 56.5 4 GRAND HOMME UNFIXED (11) 55 5 FLAWLESS CMUNCE (3) 54.5 6 LDCASAM RMCMAHON (2) 54.5 7 MIDNITERAID EAWILKINSON
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    • 828 36 / 37 IYesterday’sAustralia (Flemington, Warwick Farm, Ascot and Toowoomba) and New Zealand (Ellerslie) results will be published tomorrow. Race1 C5(LC)1600m 2 BUY ME A RIVER 56 c 55 (111-24) HS Gill* (5) 4 4 2 (464) 3.25 1 BEAUTY ELEGANCE 57 c 55 (13-5.10) SMutaza* (2) 3 3
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    • 570 38 / 39 RACE1 CLASS5AWT 1200m 2 KINGSTON MARBLE 133 (45-14) WM LAI (5) 2 3 MANY GAINS 133 (15-7) B PREBBLE (1) 3 4 PLOT RATI0133 (114-33) THSO (8) 4 Trainer: J Moore. Margins; 1 .25, 1 .5. Time: 1 min 10.OSsec (Going: good). Forecast: $1 75.
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    • 1298 38 / 39 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 MS 12.50 -1200m Stakes:$35,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 55 Hopeudonmind 59 (55) KKNgc2 7 (5amDesmondKoh-DesmondKoh) 2 6-80-2 CigarSupreme 56.5 (50) JPowell 9 (4agLeslieKhoo-Ninetyseven) 3 *****9 StylishPrince 54.5 (46) OPlacais 5 (5agMWalker-ClarenceSoh) 4 2-2258 TripleEagle 54.5 (46)
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    • 147 38 / 39  -  BESTBET TAN THEAN LOON TODAY’S $200,000 Polytrack Mile Championship looks at the mercy of BETTER THAN EVER, winner of 13 of his 14 starts. Just three weeks ago, trainer Laurie Laxon’s champion stepped out from his first defeat (in the Longines Singapore Gold Cup
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    • 558 38 / 39 Andrew Frost Marc Tan Danny Khoo Tan Thean Loon 1 RACE Cigar Supreme 2 4 2 Cigar Supreme Cigar Supreme Triple Eagle 4 4 Triple Eagle 5 2 Blessed Star Triple Eagle 11 3 Stylish Prince 11 11 1 1 Unbeatable Unbeatable Unbeatable Hopeudonmind Cigar Supreme 2 Hopeudonmind
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    • 1619 40 ANDREWFROST’SCOMMENTSONTODAY’SKRANJIPOLYTRACKMEETING RACE1 (1,200m) 1 Hopeudonmind)))Made up groundlate in first runafteryear’sspellandlooksalikelyimprover. 2 Cigar Supreme)))Improved effort over 1,400m last time, indicating he is due. An each-way chance if luck from wide gate. 3 StylishPrince))Will need to show more than what hedidfirst-up. Prefer others. 4 Triple
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  • Page 36 / 37 Miscellaneous
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  • Sports Mad About Golf
    • 306 41 Reuters. TROUBLED Tiger Woods drove his tee shot a mere 122 yards at the second hole of the WGC-Cadillac Championship yesterday morning (Singapore time) as the former world No. 1’s swing difficulties continued at Doral, Florida. Woods’ scratchy effort at the 400-yard, par-four second hole hole
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    • 519 41 AP. THE only thing Hunter Mahan liked about the end of his round at the Cadillac Championships yesterday morning (Singapore time) was his name being atop the leaderboard. Mahan stretched his lead to four shots until he stumbled with a pair of bogeys toward the end
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    • 116 41 AP. NICK Price matched the lowest round in Champions Tour history, eagling two of final four holes yesterday morning (Singapore time) for a career-best 11-under 60 in the Toshiba Classic. Seeking his fourth victory on the 50-and-over Tour, Price eagled the par-five 15th and 18th holes and had
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  • Sports Cricket World Cup
    • 463 42/43 Tendulkarton not enough for hosts in high-scoring match Wire Services SOUTH Africa chased down India’s total last night to win a high-scor-ing game by three wickets in a World Cup Group B game in Nagpur. Pace bowler Dale Steyn inspired the victory with 5-50, limiting
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    • 274 42/43 AFP. ENGLAND captain Andrew Strauss defended Graeme Swann after the spinner flew into a rage over the damp playing conditions during Friday’s Group B defeat to Bangladesh in Chittagong. Swann was furious that the night-time humidity at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium produced dew that made it
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    • 172 42/43 Reuters. ANDREW Strauss and Shakib Al Hasan’s men were stranded for almost four hours at the stadiumafter Bangladesh’sstunning Group B win over England sparked wild celebrations on the streets of Chittagong. Around 10,000 hollering fans turned up for an impromptu midnight carnival in front of
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    • 394 42/43 Champs to field their best team against Kenyans GROUP A AUSTRALIA v KENYA (Today, 5pm, SingTel mio TV Ch 123) AFP. AUSTRALIA will be at full strength against Kenya today, with mid-dle-order batsman Mike Hussey set to come in for either David Hussey or Steve Smith.
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    • 248 42/43 GROUP A NEW ZEALAND v CANADA Wire Services. TWO occurrences well outside of Canada’s control have given Ashish Bagai’s squad a little boost ahead of today’s Group A match against New Zealand. Bangladesh’s upset two-wicket victory over England on Friday night showed yet again
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    • 273 42/43 OKLAHOMA 104 DETROIT 94 BASKETBALL AFP. RUSSELL Westbrook scored his 4,000th career point yesterday morning as he helped Oklahoma City notch a 104-94 victory over Detroit Pistons. Westbrook joined an elite group along with carRobertson,LeBronJames,ChrisPaulandAnfernee Hardaway as the only players in NBA history to have 4,000
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  • Sports Tennis
    • 330 44 BADMINTON AFP. SINGAPOREAN shuttler Gu Juan crashed out of the All-England women’s singles yesterday morning (Singapore time), losing 16-21,19-21 to PetyaNedelcheva of Bulgaria. Meanwhile, Lin Dan’s bid to become the first player of the open era to win five All-England men’s singles titles
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    • 398 44 AFP. FORMER champions Jelena Jankovic and Kim Clijsters cruised into the third round of the Indian Wells tournament by posting straight-set victories over their opponents yesterday morning (Singapore time). World No. 2 Clijsters, who won in 2005 and 2003, swept past Russian Alla Kudryavtseva with
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  • Sports La Liga
    • 672 45 Sevilla’sCaceres,whoisonloanfromBarca,says: SEVILLA v BARCELONA (Tomorrow, 3.55am, Football Channel, StarHub TV Ch 222) AFP. MARTIN Caceres, on loan to Sevilla from Barcelona, knows that his current side will need a fair share of good fortune if it is to prevail against his all-conquering parent
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    • 309 45 PA Sport. BARCELONA president Sandro Rosell insists his club will respond to criticism from the likes of Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger on the pitch rather than in the media. Real Madrid boss Mourinho has been typically spiky
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  • Sports Serie A
    • 842 46  -  GLENN CONNLEY FC WEEKEND npsports@sph.com.sg ROMA v LAZIO (Tonight, 9.55pm, Football Channel, StarHub TV Ch 222) IF ROMAN football fans had their way, matches wouldn’t be limited to 90 minutes; they’d do things the old-fashioned way–fighttothedeath. From the very first occasion sports fans gathered
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    • 369 46 BRESCIA 1 (Andrea Caracciolo 85) INTER MILAN 1 (Samuel Eto’o 18) AP. INTER Milan needed goalkeeper Julio Cesar to save a penalty two minutes from time to earn a 1-1 draw at Brescia in Serie A on Friday. Samuel Eto’o gave Inter the lead
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    • 743 48 / 49  -  Coaches and players feel that the official match ball is not up to scratch ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg ASTHEsayinggoes,“ifitain’tbroke,don’tfixit”.But several coaches and players in the S-League will beg to differ with that adage when itpertainstothefootballtheyusedaily. Currently,andforthepastdecade,theS-Leaguehas been using the Mikasa PKC55BR (below) as its official using matchball.
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    • 395 48 / 49  -  DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg HUNDREDS of players and well-wishers thronged the SAFRA Tampines synthetic futsal courts at the launch of the Fandi Ahmad Academy yesterday. But one figure stood out, if not for any other reason than she has not been in the public eye
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    • 316 48 / 49  -  HOMEvALBIREX (Tonight, 7.30pm, Bishan Stadium) S-LEAGUE DILENJIT SINGH dilen@sph.com.sg UNBEATEN in their first three S-League matches and holders of the competition’s joint-best defensive record of only one measly goal conceded. It has been a promising start to the season for title favourites Home United.
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    • 484 48 / 49  -  DAVID LEE IN THE clearest sign yet that Singapore’s favourite footballing son could rejoin the national fold, the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) president will meet Fandi Ahmad for discussions next week. “Fandi is an icon to many Singaporeans and has good credentials,”
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    • 508 58/59 Wire Services. FABIO Capello is set to hand the captain’s armband back to John Terry for England’s Euro 2012 qualifier with Wales this month. Discussions have already taken place within the Football Association (FA) over what is certain to be a hotly-debated issue, reported the
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    • 359 58/59  -  IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM THE UK IT’STIMEforJohnTerrytocomeinfromthecold.IfFabioCapellowantstogivethearmbandbacktotheChelseadefender,hewon’tfindmuchoppositioninEngland. Put simply, we’re all so accustomed to appalling behaviour from our footballers that Terry’s bed-hop-pingisnolongerenoughtoshockus. As the comedian Mark Thomas once noted, the British judicial system could be reduced to two offences. “Outoforder”and“bangoutoforder”. Well,Terrywasbangoutoforder.
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    • 502 58/59 Wire Services. IF FORMER England boss Graham Taylor has his way, he would sack Fabio Capello and replace him with Harry Redknapp. Tottenham manager Redknapp is hot favourite to take over the Three Lions job when the Italian’s contract runs out next year,
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      • 111 58/59 *Alltelecastsliveunlessotherwisestated.Forthelatest,pleasecheck www.mio.singtel.com/miotv&www.starhub.com/tv *Programmetimes,providedbySingTel&StarHub,subjecttochange LIVE TELECASTS FA CUP Today: ISTOKEvWEST HAM SingTel mio TV Ch 115 Ch 117,9.55pm IMAN CITYv READING SingTel mio TV Ch 115,11.55pm SERIEA Today: IACMILANvBARI StarHub TV Ch 222 (Football Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 7.25pm IROMAv LAZIO StarHub TV Ch 222 (Football Channel), 9.55pm IGENOAvPALERMO
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    • 1748 50 / 51  -  In the second of a two-part interview, INDRASAHDAN tells DAVID LEE why the mandatory fitness test should be scrapped DAVID LEE ICanyou take usthrough your time with thefour S-League clubs you’veplayed for? MAN, THAT’S a long time ago when I first played for Police FC
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  • Sports EPL
    • 350 52 Wire Services. WITH no competitive fixture this weekend for AstonVilla,managerGerardHoullierdecidedto take his crop away to a luxury hotel and spa in Leicestershire for a change of scenery and to improve team spirit. A sound plan with good intentions seems to havebackfiredwhennewsthattwooftheclub’s players were involved in
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    • 416 52 Chelsea striker risks ireofAncelottiby backing Real boss Wire Services. FERNANDO Torres said he would love to work with Jose Mourinho as reports emerged yesterday that the Special One could be heading back to England next season. Mourinho enjoyed a hugely successful spell in charge of Chelsea,
      Wire Services.; PICTURES: AFP, AP  -  416 words

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  • Sports FA Cup
    • 525 54/55  -  QUARTER-FINAL MAN CITY v READING (Tonight, 11.55pm, SingTel mio TV Ch 115) IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM THE UK MANCHESTER City’s abject performance in Kiev was fuel to the fire for their critics, but one bad game does not mean that drastic change is necessary. GarryCook,City’scontroversialchiefexecutive,
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    • 130 54/55 AFP. READING were a Premier League side just three seasons ago and they still have many players on their payroll who played for the club during their time in England’s top flight. Although it would technically be a shock if Reading beat Manchester City, nobody was
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    • 389 54/55 PA Sport. MANAGER Roberto Mancini believes the prospect of playing at Wembley at least once this season will drive Manchester City on at Eastlands tonight. Championship side Reading are the visitors in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup and the underdogs. Not that City have much
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    • 173 54/55 PA Sport. NIGEL de Jong says the Manchester City players are just as keen as the supporters to lift a major trophy after a 35-year gap. And the Holland midfielder believes they could get their hands on the FA Cup this season.
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    • 101 54/55 PA Sport. CARLOS Tevez has again been omitted from the Argentina squad, ahead of forthcoming friendly matches against the United States and Costa Rica. Coach Sergio Batista has said there is no hidden reason for the Manchester City striker’s (right) omission, only that he wants to see
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    • 667 56 STOKE v WEST HAM (Tonight, 9.55pm, SingTel mio TV Ch 115 117) PA Sport. A VRAM Grant hopes West Ham’s recent training camp in Portugal will have given his squad the shot in the arm they need to maintain their good form and avoid
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    • 442 56 PA Sport. STOKE boss Tony Pulis believes his team will get much more, besides a trip to Wembley, out of a win over West Ham tonight (Singapore time). The Potters will play at the new national stadium for the first time, if
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    • 771 57 Super-sub Lee churns out winner in a thrilling all-Premiership encounter BIRMINGHAM 2 (Cameron Jerome 38, Kevin Phillips 80) BOLTON 3 (Johan Elmander 21, Kevin Davies 66-pen, Lee Chung Yong 90) AFP. SOUTH Korean substitute Lee Chung Yong hit a 90th-minute winner as Bolton booked
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