The New Paper, 10 April 2011

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    • 46 1 Just as he’s about to make S’pore proud, it all goes wrong for golfer Mardan Mamat Why did I listen to bad advice? 59 PICTURE: S’pore mum rescues daughter from mamasan 8 POSED PICTURE: CSKUA CHEE SIONG Scratch and spin your way to great prizes 5
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  • News
    • 1210 2 / 3  -  Home Affairs Law Minister stays patient with regular calls fromunsuspectingtelemarketers.Evenliberalson’s disagreementwithS’porepoliticsdoesn’tupsethim REPORT: TAY SHI’AN shian@sph.com.sg PICTURE the scene: You’re deep in conversation with a member of the Cabinet here. He’s talking about everything from his idealistic university days to the Internal
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    • 857 4 / 5  -  On facing sceptics when he joined politics before turning 30 REPORT:EUGENE EUGENE WEE eugenew@sph.com.sg AS SOMEONE who joined politics before he hit 30, Mr K Shanmugam knows what it’s like for Singaporeans to question a candidate’s abilities because
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    • 319 4 / 5 HE REPORTEDLY took a pay cut of over 85 per cent when he quit his job as a lawyer to become a Minister three years ago. When asked, Mr Shanmugam would only acknowledgethathe tooka“significant” pay cut. When pressed on his fees, he said jokingly:“(It)
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    • 664 6  -  Poly student who has been paralysed for 10 years shareshisstorytoinspireThaigirlinMRTaccident REPORT:TAM TAM SU FERNE sftam@sph.com.sg AT THE age of 13, he became paralysed from the waist down because of a rare neurological disorder. The thought of having to be confined to a wheelchair for the rest
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    • 448 7  -  Peoplelturn up singlets,il,shorts and slippersli Holland Villageill protest radioi caller’sll’comments REPORT:LINETTE LINETTE HENG linheng@sph.com.sg THEYcameinT-shirtsorsinglets,shortsandslip-pers, proudly holding up signs that read “I love theheartlands”. They were from different HDB estates such as Bedok,PasirRisandWoodlands. Likeothers,onegroupof sevenfriends turnedupat Holland Village yesterday afternoon to protest against commentsabout“uncultured”heartlandersmadebya radiocallercalledSamantha. Administrative
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    • 1069 8 / 9  -  Wayward teen moves in with older woman, then... REPORT: KOH HUI THENG kohht@sph.com.sg THISislikeascriptforasoapopera–thereisa wayward daughter, a desperate mother andaconnivingmamasan. It ends with the drama-filled rescue of the daughter,19,fromalifeofprostitution. Sadly, Jane’s (all the names in this report have been changed) spiral into thedarker, seamier
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    • News The Great CEO Charity Cookout
      • 670 10 / 11  -  Mobile clinic founder Dr Madeleine Chew exchanges stethoscope for ladle in charity bid REPORT:ASHLEY ASHLEY CHIA amchia@sph.com.sg HER medical knowledge saves lives but can she cook to save her life? The answer is yes. On Friday, Dr Madeleine Chew, 38, founder and managing director of
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    • 674 12  -  LEAVING KIDS ALONE AT HOME REPORT: CHAI HUNG YIN chaihyn@sph.com.sg IN SINGAPORE, where both parents work, it is not uncommon to find kids being left alone at home. And sometimes, tragedy strikes. The case of six-year-old Marson Heng Jing Quan, who was left
      PICTURE ILLUSTRATION: TNP FILE  -  674 words
    • 308 12  -  REPORT: CHIN XIU YI, FOO JIE YING tnp@sph.com.sg MOTHERS, would you leave your young children alone at home? Out of the 20 parents The New Paper on Sunday spoke to, only four said they are comfortable with leaving their primary-school age children
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    • 373 13  -  The narrow andlong Orchard Road catwalk is a feat to strut down REPORT: YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sph.com.sg THE heart of Singapore and the showcase for material goods, Orchard Road is almost always buzzing. But on Friday, the shopping belt thumped along louder than usual
      PICTURES COURTESY OF JINHA KIM  -  373 words
    • 374 14 MIC division chief, chauffeur witness gun robbery in JB HEWASpuzzledwhytheProtonWirainfrontofhis car did not budge even after his chauffeur honkedrepeatedly. So when Pontian’s Malaysian Indian Congress divisionchiefJasbirSinghsawamanalightfromthecar,he thoughthewouldfinallyhavesomeanswers. Butlittledidheknowthathewasabouttowitnessa daringrobberyandmurder. ChinaPress reportedthat MrSingh’sMercedes was behind the Proton Wira and in front of a Hyundai
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    • 366 14 TAIWAN’SCriminalInvestigationBureau (CIB) has busted a prostitution ring which had several thousand call girls, including models, college students and office workers. Apple Daily Taiwan reported that the CIB arrested the suspected ring-leader, Chang Hung-tao, 48, as well as 15 other
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    • 378 15 BITTER DIVORCE IN AUSTRALIA A MAN in the Australian state of Victoria went to extremes to deprive his wife of any money after their 20-year marriage broke down. The couple had sold their house for A$395,000 (S$523,000) before they split up,
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    • 373 15 A HOLIDAY paradise going to seed. ThatwasTimeMagazine’sdamning verdict on Bali and it has spurred Indonesian officialstotackletheresortisland’sworsening garbage and pollution problems. UndertheheadlineHolidaysinhell:Bali’s ongoing woes, Time said the island was struggling with waste and some of its famous beaches were strewn with rubbish. “Wearenotclosingoureyes.It’struethat wehaveawasteproblem,”Balitourism agency head
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    • 446 16 TigerMum’sdaughtergetsoffers from Harvard and Yale, but she says: TIGER mum Amy Chua will soon be packing her eldest daughter Sophia to one of the Ivy League schools. According to Ms Chua’s Facebook page, Sophia Chua-Rubenfeld, 17, is still deciding between Harvard and Yale,
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    • 410 10 / 11 THE NEW PAPER Project Helping Hands tnp.sg/helpinghands Help us reach out to them THE Great CEO Charity Cookout aims to raise money for Project Helping Hands, a community project to help senior citizens who are living alone. The New Paper has partnered the Lions Befrienders Service Association and Ngee Ann
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  • News Snapshot
    • 98 17 AP. US PRESIDENT Barack Obama and congressional leaders reached a last-minute agreement just before a midnight deadline to slash about US$38 billion (S$48b) in federal spending and avert a first govern- ment shutdown in 15 years. Mr Obama hailed the deal as “the biggest annual
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    • 91 17 HOLLAND-Bukit Panjang Town Council launched a five-year improvement plan yesterday. Themed “Green, Connected, Harmonious”, the plan aims to enhance the town’s infrastructure, fa- cilities and amenities. Highlights include seven new MRT stations under the Downtown Line 2 and an integrated hub linking the Bukit
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    • 114 17 AP. A GUNMAN opened fire with an automatic weapon at a crowded shopping mall outside Amsterdam yesterday, leaving at least six people dead and wounding 11 others, Dutch officials said. The attacker was among the dead in the
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    • 95 17 AFP. A 73-YEAR-OLD Indian social activist who staged a 98-hour hunger strike in protest against corruption ended his fast yesterday after the government agreed to his demands over a new anti-graft bill. Mahatma Gandhi devotee Anna Hazare began the hunger strike in New Delhi
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    • 287 17 Calls to cut GST, have minimum wage laws and guard against Constitution changes TWOoppositionpartiesrevealedtheirmanifestosyesterday,aheadofthegeneralelection.TheSingaporeDemocraticParty(SDP)made10 campaign pledges, among them contributing half the MP’s allowance towards serving the wards and introducingminimumwagelaws. Its manifesto, The SDP Promise, covers two parts pledgesontherunningofconstituenciesandonrepresentationinParliament. The party seeks to set up an endowment
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    • Article, Illustration
      53 17 MASKING AROUND: Participants at the Guinness World Record Challenge, staged by Mary Chia Holdings, for the largest number of people wearing facial masks yesterday. 859 people took part in the challenge, breaking the previous Guinness World Record of 828 people held by a Taiwanese cosmetics company. TNP PICTURE:
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous

  • News Exchange
    • 526 18  -  THE BUZZ COMMENT:MAUREENKOH MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg MORBID thoughts overwhelm me each time I come across news of a child’s accidental death. I fret and get all anxious to run home. But when I have assured myself that my children are alive and kicking (and
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    • 133 18 Weratethepastweek’snews–goodandbad. +10 The Health Promotion Board has launched a plan for hawkers to offer healthier versions of their dishes. A separate $75 million fund will help eateries to up productivity. +10 Singapore football is getting a boost with subsidies of more than $1 million each for the
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    • 21 18 “I’dratherbe pregnantthanfat.” –Asinglewomantoherfriend “CanInotsay?Imight losevotes.” –Anelectioncandidate,whoisa Manchester United fan, when asked which English football team he supports
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    • 9 18 TNP ILLUSTRATION: CHNG CHOONG HIONG
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  • enjoy
    • 1139 19  -  REPORT: MARIE LIM marielim@sph.com.sg CAN you fall in love while racing around Singapore searching for local delicacies? Or while speed-dating on the bus? They say: It’s just an introduction, the rest is up to you.
      PICTURE: CHAMPAGNE JSG; TNP FILE PICTURE; PICTURE: CLIQUE WISE  -  1,139 words
    • Enjoy Table For 4
      • 673 21  - Price portion prevail at Peperoni Pizzeria Althoughit’spartoftheLes Amis group, this joint goes easy on the wallet SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg YOU should be reading this over the breakfast menu at Peperoni Pizzeria in Binjai Park, available only on weekends, from 8.30am to 10.30am. This is Peperoni Pizzeria’s second outlet
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    • Enj oy Fly on the Wall
      • 345 22/23  -  GuestsatGucci’s spring/summer collection show how to play it cool SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg IT’Stheeternalscaryquestion,isn’tit?What does a socialite do when she turnsupatadesignerdointhelabel’s latestcollection only tocome face to face with another woman wearing the aarrrghtellmethisnightmare’sadream– samedress?! Almostdowntothefinalstitch. The most forward of
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      • 249 22/23  -  Brand spews out ad after ad as guests swig its brew Sylvia Toh Palk Choo YOU must have wondered about that big white thing sticking out of the water at Marina Bay Sands. You know, it looks like someone attempted to quarter and splay the
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      • 324 22/23  -  Sylvia Toh Paik Choo Oyez, oyez, oyez. Thanks to Wills and Kate, The British Club is opening its doors to the public for the first time in its 24-year history. All the world loves a fairy tale and this one has a
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    • Enjoy Shopping
      • 363 24  -  REPORT:YEOH YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sph.com.sg SO THE dust has finally settled on the inaugural Men’s Fashion Week and it was a much-talked about hit. The hashtag #MFW trended on Twitter the entire week.Intoday’sterms,thatmeansit’sawinner. Men’s Fashion Week 2011, which ended it’s five-day run last Sunday
        PICTURES: JINHA KIM, MEN’S FASHION WEEK  -  363 words
    • 298 25  -  BCBG Max Azria opens two stores on Orchard Road REPORT: NOOR ASHIKIN ABDUL RAHMAN ashikinr@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S list of shopping haunts has just got better. Two new BCBG Max Azria outlets have joined the ranks of shopahol-ics’must-visit stores. The stores, in Ion Orchard and Paragon Shopping
      PICTURES COURTESY OF JIN-HAKIM  -  298 words
    • Enjoy 2 Wheels Good
      • 842 26 / 27  -  Men who want to be boys are spurring the rise of the lycra shorts and cycling groups DANSON CHEONG tnp@sph.com.sg WHENMrErnestLeeturned39threeyearsago,he picked up his credit card and did what manymenhisageweredoing. Heboughta$3,000roadbike. “I saw many people on
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    • Enjoy Family Matters
      • 536 28 / 29  -  Rapper Sheikh Haikel a strict dad? REPORT: JOANNE SOH joannes@sph.com.sg SHEIKHHaikelafiercedisciplinarian?It’s hard to imagine that the jolly local hip-hop rapper can strike fear in the heartsofchildren. Well,itseemshecan,withhistwoprimary school-goingkids. “Yes,”wifeAnnaBelleFrancistoldThe New Paper On Sunday, “my biggest babyhasfinallygrownup!” “Haikel has always been the babyinthefamily.He’saneven bigger
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      • 417 28 / 29  -  EUGENE WEE FATHER FIGURES eugenew@sph.com.sg I AM happy to report that since my last column, where I mulled over whether to use a cane to discipline my children, I haven’t found any reason to raise a hand to The Spawn. That’s because I
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    • Enjoy Humour
      • 674 30  -  On washing cars, Jet Li and Abraham Lincoln SIVA CHOY HUMOUR ME tnp@sph.com.sg THIS idea of “democracy” sure does some strange things to people. In North Africa, we’re seeing civilians in pyjamas and Toyotas taking on tanks because they aren’t getting enough “democracy” and risking their
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      • Article, Illustration
        79 30 Reuters. AMAYOR in Germanyis attracting interestfrom othercities afterhe installedaspecialpark benchfor town teenswho refuseto sit properly. Afterresidentsof the south-westerncityof Eppelheim complainedthatteenagers alwayssat on theback rests ofthe benches, ratherthan on the seat,which they dirtiedwith theirshoes,Mayor Dieter Moerleincame up with the ideaof puttingthe seaton top. Thefirst ofMr Moerlein’s bencheswas installedlast week
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      • 85 30 AFP. TOP Nepalese film stars have been enlisted to help train police in Kathmandu to be more polite after complaintsaboutofficers’ rudeness. “We’vereceived manycomplaints saying police behave badly towards drivers,” Kathmandu’straffic police chief Bigyan Raj Sharma said. He added that police officers frequently lose their temper with drivers and
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      • 258 30  - How should I spend my Growth Share Package? S M ONG ACT BLUR smong@sph.com.sg FREE money alert! Have you received your 2011 Growth Share Packageletteryet?IjustfoundoutI’mgetting$700. Ontopofthat,I’vealsoreceivedtherefundcheque of$110forthe2011RadioandTVLicencefee.I’mrich! Maybe now I can afford to buy the iPad 2. No,wait.Ijustrealisedit’snotavailableinSingapore yet. ThenmaybenowIcanaffordtoeatata“cultured” Holland Village restaurant. No,wait.IjustrealisedIdon’tlikeDutchfood. Then maybe now I can afford
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    • Article, Illustration
      105 32 Today,wefeaturepicturesofafundayoutatthezoo. On April 17 and 24, we will be publishing pictures of you and your pet. Send your pictures and messages to tnpforum@sph.com.sg IamMeng’sBest Friend! From Richard Ng YAHOO! Mama and papa brought me to the zoo! I LIKE! From Intan Sumairah Everyone put on a brave-front by
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  • Page 28 / 29 Advertisements
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  • Page 28 / 29 Miscellaneous
    • 49 28 / 29 GENERA TION NEXT The guys are having a game of basketball this evening after work. Join us? Commendable. So what degree or diploma are you pursuing? Can’t make it, I have a class to attend tonight. ‘Primary 6 maths: percentage, ratio and fractions de-mystified for parents’. TNP ILLUSTRATION:KELVIN CHAN
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
    • 67 31 Enjoy TV& Comics PrinceOf Persia: TheSandsOf Time(left) StarMovies (StarHubCh 622), 9pm A youngfugitiveprince andprincess must stopa villain who unknowinglythreatensto destroythe world with a special daggerthatenables themagic sand insideto reversetime. StarringJakeGyllenhaal, GemmaArterton. PICTURE:WALTDISNEY STUDIOS 62DaysAtSea NatGeoAdventure (StarHubCh412),10.30pm Thisnewdocumentaryspecialshowshow youngAussiekayakersJamesCastrission andJustinJonescrossedtheTasmanSea, oneoftheworld’smosttreacherousbodies ofwater,andreachedNewZealandafter62 days. TheBookOfEli HBO(StarHubCh601),9pm AlonemanfightshiswayacrosstheUSinordertoprotectasacred bookthatholdsthesecretstosavinghumankind.StarringDenzel Washington,GaryOldman. Midas ONE(StarHubCh823),10pm InthisnewKoreanseries,afundmanager
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    • 197 31 CHANNEL 5 Noon MakingItBig 1.00pm Movie:Disney TwitchesToo 2.45 Planet’s FunniestAnimals 3.00 LostInAusten 4.00 AmericanIdol 5.00 RoyalWedding OfA Lifetime 6.00 LegendOf TheSeeker 7.00 JustFor Variety 7.15 TheSimpsons 7.45 Movie:BabylonA.D. 9.30 News5Tonight 10.00 RoyalWedding OfA Lifetime 11.00 PrincesWilliam Harry-Into TheFuture Midnight MyName IsEarl CHANNEL8 Noon LettersToHeaven 12.30pm TRReport 1.00 ModernTCM 1.30 3-Plus-1
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  • Racing
    • 418 33 LASTFRIDAY’SSINGAPORESTIPES’REPORTHIGHLIGHTS THEveterinarysurgeonreportedthat PRIORITAS broke his off-hind fetlock in Race 1 last Friday. The horse was humanely euthanised. Last Friday’s Stipes’ Report highlights: RACE1 CHEVY: Began awkwardly; steadied; jockey O Chavez, when questioned, said that he had expected to race just off the pace. However, after jumpingawkwardly,hefoundhimself in
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    • 740 33 RACE 1 (Caulfield) 1st 4 Berlioz ($84-$13) 2nd 7 Prussian Officer ($8) 3rd 1 Above Average ($6) 4th 3 Upon. Forecast $145. Place forecast $11 (1-4), $8 (1-7), $21 (4-7). Tierce $806. Trio $40. Quartet No winner ($4490 jackpot carried forward to next race). Quadro $18.
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    • 874 33 RACE1 (MorphetvilleParks) 1st 8 Nordic Monarch ($71-$18) 2nd 1 North Beach ($7) 3rd 5 Gold Bundle ($10) 4th 2 Kosciuszko’s Side. Forecast $62. Place forecast $13 (1-5), $19 (1-8), $32 (5-8). Tierce $1440. Trio $83. Quartet No winner ($594 jackpot carried forward to next race).
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    • 562 34 / 35 Andrew Frost 1 RACE Marc Tan Brian Miller Tan Thean Loon Salvagente Chun Doong Samurai Kid Carnival Star 11 4 8 Mongolian Star 3 3 Samurai Kid Dustin Salvagente 11 5 Dustin 14 Mongolian Star Carnival Star Samurai Kid 4 5 14 6 1 3 Daring Journey Newshawk
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    • 1641 34 / 35 TODAY'S SINGAPORE (SHORT LONG COURSE B/POLYTRACK) RACE CARD GOING FORECAST: GOOD TO YIELDING (TURF); GOOD (POL YTRACK) RACE1 C5D1 12.50 -1400m(Turf) MexicanRose2010Handicap Stakes:$35,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 54-466 DaringJourney 57 (43) YYOon*c4 16 (5agCBrown-LuckyRichNo3) 2 039-0 Newshawk 57 (43) JMoreira 3 (4nzmMClements-Newshawk) 3 -0-8-4 SamuraiKid
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    • 470 34 / 35 RACE1 CLASS4TURF 1200m 1 FORTUNEGENERAL133(9-8) DWHYTE (12) 1 2 BEAUTIFULSCENERY128(68-17) ZPURTON (7) 2 6 SUNSHINEKID128(25-5.10) GCHEYNE (2) 3 5 SERENDIPITY128(137-31) MDUPLESSIS (4) 4 XTrainer:JSize.Margins:Nk,1.5.Time:1min10.33sec(Going:good).Forecast:$29. Place Forecast: $15 (Nos. 1-2), $6 (Nos. 1-6), $23 (Nos. 2-6).Tierce: $203. Trio: $37. Quartet:$2705.Quadro:$157. RACE2 CLASS4TURF 1800m 3 FULLSPIRIT131(114-30) MCHADWICK
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    • 2511 36 / 37 ANDREWFROST’SCOMMENTSONTODAY’SKRANJIRACES RACE1 (1,400m) 1 Daring Journey)))Significant drop in grade and has been doing enough in Class 4 to go close here. 2 Newshawk))Lightly-raced4YO.Havetoberespectin first run in easier grade with blinkers and Moreira aboard. Start following. 3 Samurai Kid)))Another who is dropping in grade and has shown
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    • 1847 36 / 37 SundayCRace MACAU 1:30 PM Macau (Turf) 1 GROUP 3 HK$650,000 GRAND LISBOA CUP 1500m No Form Name 1 *****3 2 *****7 3 0 4 95*606 5 *****1 6 *****8 7 *****9 8 *****0 9 *****2 10 *****5 11 *****2 12 *****4 13 *****9 14 *****0
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    • 157 36 / 37  -  BESTBET TAN THEAN LOON NEW ROSE WOOD (left) is very wellinonhandicapintoday’s JBBA Moonbeam Vase race over 1,800m onturfinRace 10. Despite being one of the high-er-rated contenders in the domestic Group 3 feature, the only mare in the race will carry bottom weight of 50kg
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    • 2426 38 / 39 ITIPSANDCOMMENTSCOURTESYOFTHE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS RACE 1 Sunshine Coast (1,200m) 3 BORSHA'S WARRIOR (LD Kelly) 7g (50:12-5-5):Improvedon81/4len8th(53.0)Bold Glance 1,200m Gold Coast Gold Coast Stks heavy trk March 19 for all-the-way 21/4 len win (57.0) Irishkiwi, Beartracker 1,200m Sunshine Coast Open heavy trk March 27.
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    • 1020 38 / 39 12:10Race1 SUNSHINECOAST 1200M 1 IMAJOKER MSBRICHARDSON (9) 57 2 SNEAKYLONG JLTAYLOR (6) 57 3 BORSHA'SWARRIOR JHOLDER (10) 56.5 4 BELLETRIST CMUNCE (1) 56 5 SIRTELES DBARRON (2) 56 6 LOTSOFSUCCESS DANIELGRIFFIN (7) 56 7 RELEASEME EAWILKINSON (4) 56 8 LUCKYDELUCHI PHAMMERSLEY (5) 56 9
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  • Page 33 Miscellaneous
    • 30 33 Saturday,April09 2011 First Second Third 8814 4133 7974 Starters 9981 3165 7497 1500 3010 0095 4934 6052 5414 7556 Consolations 3522 1913 5240 2608 3993 0168 8823 6220 3674 0813
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  • Sports US Masters
    • 692 40 / 41 McIlroyandDaytake No.1 and No. 2 spots but Woods stays in touch Reuters. GOLF’Syoung guns came out blazing at the US Masters, with 21-year-old Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland holding a two-shot lead over 23-year-old Australian Jason Day at the halfway mark yesterday morning (Singapore time). Overnight
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    • 474 40 / 41 AP. THE FIST kept pumping. The cheers kept growing. The ball kept dropping. In the fading sunlight of Augusta National, Tiger Woods finally looked like himself again. Rory McIlroy goes to the weekend at the US Masters with a two-stroke lead, a worthy reward for two superb
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    • 475 40 / 41 AP. PHIL Mickelson waited at the bottom of the ninth fairway for the green to clear when he looked over to his left and broke into a big smile. He touched two fingers to his eyes, then pointed them towards a blonde woman in
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  • Sports Formula One
    • 512 42 / 43 Vettel claims pole again in scintillating fiying lap at Sepang AP. RED BULL driver Sebastian Vettel claimed pole position for the Malaysian Grand Prix yesterday, setting up the German to start the Formula One season with back-to-back victories. The world champion was the last man to complete
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    • 472 42 / 43 Wire Services. THE stage is set for one of the most dramatic moves in Formula One history. McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton admitted he is prepared to drive for Red Bull after his contract with McLaren ends in 2013. But, there’s a catch. The 26-year-old
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    • 241 42 / 43 AFP. TWO-TIME world champion Fernando Alonso warned his Ferrari car was simply “notquick enough” yesterday after another disappointing showing in qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix. Alonso (right), who qualified fifth on the grid,said Ferrari’s150 degreesItalia car lagged leaders Red Bull and McLaren in aerodynamics.
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    • 232 42 / 43 AFP. MERCEDES chief Ross Brawn warned yesterday that Formula One teams may have to copy the design philosophy of all-conquering Red Bull if they are to have a chance of success. Brawn (right), who led Ferrari to a near-decade of success with seven-time champion Michael
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  • Sports Basketball
    • 135 44 TENNIS Reuters. WORLD No. 2 Novak Djokovic, unbeaten this year, saidyesterdaythathewaspullingoutofnextweek’s Monte Carlo Masters due to a knee injury. “It’s a tough blow and sad news not only for the tournament and my fans, but also for myself,” the 23-year-old Serb said
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    • 237 44 AP. SIXTH-SEEDED Kei Nishikori of Japan upset top-seeded Mardy Fish of the United States for a 6-3, 6-2 victory in the quarter-finals of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship in Texas yesterday (Singapore time). Nishikori (above) did not face a break-point in the match and
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    • 414 44 Wire Services. MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES 101 SACRAMENTO KINGS 96 THE MEMPHIS Grizzlies clinched their first post-season berth since the 2005/06 season with a 101-96 victory over the Sacramento Kings yesterday morning (Singapore time). Memphis held a 90-78 lead with just seven minutes remaining in
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    • 293 44 AP. TOP-RANKED Caroline Wozniacki rallied from 4-2 down in the third set to defeat Yanina Wickmayer, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 and reach the Family Circle Cup semi-finals yesterday (Singapore time) in South Carolina. It was another tight match for Wozniacki (left), who
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    • 477 45  -  ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg CONTROVERSIAL Indonesian FA (PSSI) president Nurdin Halid is said to be running for the Asean Football Federation (AFF) presidency at the AFF congress meeting in Bangkok today. Thai FA boss Worawi Makudi and Football Association of Malaysia (FAM)
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    • 213 45  -  DILENJIT SINGH THE MATCH between Courts Young Lions and Woodlands Wellington yesterday was called off at half-time due to a lightning storm. The match is postponed to 5pm today at Jalan Besar Stadium. Ironically Rams coach R Balasubramaniam had told The New Paper on Friday he
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    • 94 45  -  SCHOOL SPORTS CLEMENT YAP CHRISTINE Lee Rui Ru (below) of Raffles Institution performing her hoops routine during the National Schools’A Division tournament lastThursday. Leeand herteammates MichelleLuo,Tan Min Yi,Leong Wen Jun,JodieChan and KareenTay– thrilled the judges to bring home the crown at the Woodlands Indoor Sports Hall. National
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    • 864 46  -  Which is better: Bundesliga orSerieA? Our columnist says: Equally mouthwatering GLENN CONNLEY FC WEEKEND npsports@sph.com.sg I CatchGlennConnleyonthefootballchatshowFCDaily everyweeknightsat8pmonFootballChannel(StarHubTVCh222). IF SPAIN’S La Liga and the English Premier League are the undisputed top two leagues in world football, which is next best? It’s a debate which has been raging
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    • 90 46 BUNDESLIGA Reuters. MARTIN Fenin’s 83rd-minute header snatched a 1-1 draw for Eintracht Frankfurt and ruined a sparkling display by Werder Bremen goalkeeper Tim Wiese on Friday. With national coach Joachim Loew watching from the stands, Germany international Wiese frustrated the hosts with a
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    • 425 47 PA Sport. HARRY Redknapp has put Peter Crouch’s Champions League red card into perspective by reminding critics: “He hasn’t murdered someone, hashe?” Crouch put a huge dent in tenham’sChampionsLeagueambitions when he was sent off 15 minutesintotheclub’squarter-fi-nal first-leg thrashing by Real Madrid last Wednesday morning. Spurs must
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    • 155 47 PA Sport. CARLTON Cole has been charged by the Football Association with improper conduct for comments he made on Twitter about Ghana fans during the recent friendly against England. The West Ham striker (right) referred to the large numbers of Ghana fans at Wembley
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    • 296 47 CRICKET AP. DEFENDING champions Chennai Super Kings pulled off a thrilling two-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders in the opening match of the Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament in Chennai on Friday. Super Kings fought back after South African Jacques Kallis hit a 42-ball
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  • Sports EPL
    • 521 48/49 PA Sport. ARSENE Wenger insists Arsenal being second in the English Premier League is not a “disaster” and declared there were plenty of big-spend-ing rival clubs who would gladly swap places with his young side. Arsenal’s season is in danger of unravelling following a mo-rale-sapping
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    • 719 48/49  -  BLACKPOOL v ARSENAL (Tonight, 8.30pm,SingTelmio TV Ch102) IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg THERE is nothing quite like Arsenal in the springtime. Attractive, beguiling and filled with promise at the start of every season, but when the blossom appears on the trees,
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    • 562 50 ASTON VILLA v NEWCASTLE (Tonight, 11pm, SingTel mio TV Ch 102) PA Sport. GERARD Houllier believes Aston Villa midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker can play a major part in his long term plans. Houllier is planning to hold talks with Reo-Coker, who is out of contract in
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    • 135 50 PA Sport. LIVERPOOL captain Steven Gerrard has undergone surgery on the groin injury that has curtailed his season. It was confirmed on Fri- day that the midfielder would not play again this term after suffering a setback in his recovery from the problem that has kept
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    • 502 52  -  Tottenham 3 Stoke 2 Tottenham: Crouch 11,34, Modric 18 Stoke: Etherington 27, Jones 41 BY PAUL HIRST Special Correspondent HARRYREDKNAPP’SdecisiontokeepfaithwithPeterCrouchpaid offasthestrikerscoredtwiceto giveTottenhamtheirfirstvictory inalmosttwomonths. Despitehiscostlydismissal againstRealMadrid,theEngland strikerstartedthegameandtook only10minutestoopenthe scoringwithawell-takenheader beforeLukaModricmadeit2-0. Crouchaddedhissecondafter MatthewEtheringtonhadpulled onebackforStoke,butKenwyne Jonessmashedoneinoffthebar tomakeit3-2justbeforethe break. Despiteanimpressivesecondhalfperformance,thePotters couldnotfindanequaliserand Spursweremadetoholdonfor thenarrowwin. Stokewentintothegame withoutdefenderDanny Higginbotham,whofacesupto sixmonthsonthesidelinesafter sufferingacruciateknee ligamentinjury.
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    • 244 52  -  Sunderland ................2 West Brom ................3 Sunderland: Shorey 10 (og), Bardsley 31 West Brom: Odemwingie 28, Mulumbu 54, Scharner72 BY DAMIAN SPELLMAN Special Correspondent PAUL SCHARNER was West Brom’sheroastheyeasedtheir own Premier League relegation fears by dumping Sunderland into the mire. The Austria international snatched all three points
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    • 426 53  -  Blackburn 1 Birmingham 1 Blackburn: Hoilett 45 Birmingham: Bowyer32 BY MIKE RIMMER Special Correspondent JUNIOR HOILETT earned Blackburn a point in their Premier League clash with Birmingham. Blues led when Lee Bowyer headed home Cameron Jerome’scrossinthe32nd minute. Morten Gamst Pedersen replaced the suspended Steven
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    • 450 53  -  Bolton 3 West Ham 0 Bolton: Sturridge 14, 51, Lee 20 BY ALAN ALAN JONES Special Correspondent DANIELSTURRIDGEgrabbedabraceattheReebokStadiumtokeep WestHaminrelegationtrouble. Bolton’son-loanChelsea strikerscoredeithersideofhalf timewithsoloeffortswithLee Chung-Yongalsoontarget. BoltonmanagerOwenCoyle madetwochangestohissidefor thematch. CentraldefenderZatKnight returned,whileLeewasalso recalledashewaspreferredin midfieldtoTamirCohen. WestHammanagerAvram Grant,inthestandashestarteda touchlineban,madethree changes.FreddiePiquionne, RobbieKeaneandJames Tomkinsallreturnedwhile CarltonColewasonthebench. Andbeforethegame,Granthit outattheFootballAssociation forimposingatwo-matchban onhim. “Idon’tlikeit,Idon’tagreewith it,”hesaid. “Ithinkitiswrongevenfrom theFAtochargemebutthisis
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    • 727 54 / 55 Malouda saves Chelsea as Fernando fires blanks again CHELSEA 1 (Florent Malouda 67) WIGAN0 AFP. FLORENT Malouda’s 67th-minute goal moved Chelsea into third spot and ensured Wigan Athletic remain rooted to the foot of the Premier League following a 1-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge. Carlo Ancelotti’s side
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    • 605 54 / 55 PA Sport. CHELSEA boss Carlo Ancelotti has insisted Roman ovichis“toointelligent”totrytoforcehimtoplayFernando Torres. Ancelotti claimed on Friday he would have no qualms dropping the misfiring striker for Wednesday morning’s (Singapore time) Champions League quarter-final second leg against Manchester United if he felt it would give the
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    • 651 56 / 57 Wire Services. WOLVES0 EVERTON 3 (Jermaine Beckford 21, Phil Neville 39, Diniyar Bilyaletdinov 45) WOLVES’ battle against relegation suffered a setback last night as Everton scored their biggest Premier League win of the season in a 3-0 victory at Molineux. First-half goals from Jermaine Beckford,
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    • 314 56 / 57 AP. MANCHESTER United earned a comfortable 2-0 win over Fulham last night to inch closer to the Premier League title, with Dimitar Berbatov and Antonio Valencia scoring in the first half. Berbatov started up front as Wayne Rooney began serving a two-match ban for swearing into
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    • 211 56 / 57 PA Sport. MANCHESTER United legend Peter Schmeichel thinks Wayne Rooney should leave Old Trafford. Rooney has been dominating the headlines for the wrong reasons in the past week, following his foul-mouthed outburst in the win at West Ham. The England star was charged by the Football
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    • 147 56 / 57 PA Sport. GOALKEEPER Tomasz Kuszczak has confirmed that he will leave Manchester United at the end of the season. The Poland international has been unable to dislodge Edwin van der Sar from the Old Trafford starting XI and has decided to call time on his Old
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    • 605 58 / 59  -  MANCHESTER UNITED 2 (Dimitar Berbatov 12, Antonio Valencia 32) FULHAM0 GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg WHEN he’s not rolling on the field, or wailinglike ababy,Nani’s quitealikeable guy. It really depends on what sort of mood he’sin. Unfortunately, his repertoire can be anything from technical to theatrical.
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    • 804 58 / 59  -  Wrong club selection sees Singaporean hand title to India’sLahiriafter three-way play-off GODFREY ROBERT godfrey@sph.com.sg A COSTLY club-change denied Singapore’s Mardan Mamat the inaugural US$300,000 ($380,000) Panasonic Open (India) title in New Delhi yesterday. Leading by one stroke with just two holes to play, the Singaporean
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