The New Paper, 12 June 2011

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  • 17 1 The New Paper on Sun day JUNE 12 2011 JUNE 12 2011 80 CENTS MICA (P) 113/01/2011
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    • 67 1 Pound of flesh Family wants $1 m for liposuction operation that led to S’pore CEO’s death 6 '-+@^`|\]\([^=&[<$`@^@|-,-.${(> twitter.com/thenewpaperfacebook.com/thenewpaper To subscribe: 6388 3838 Pounded by customers I’ve been punched more than 10 times, says local bouncer 4 Controversial M’sian polygamy group to set up branch in S’pore preaching obedience to
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  • News
    • 1019 2 / 3  -  Prostitution Divorce Gambling Violence S’poreansplantosetuplocalbranchofMalaysia’s controversialObedientWivesClub.Oneofthemsays: REPORT: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg ITWASanawkwardmoment.Sitting a stone’s throw from the Sultan Mosque just moments before Friday prayers, I asked three Muslims one womanandtwomen: “Does your organisation teach married coupleshowtohavebettersex?” Theinitialresponse:Laughter. Thenthe49-year-oldtudung-cladwoman said:“No,No...Thatwouldbeharam(forbidden).” The same question has been asked
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    • 216 2 / 3 THE Obedient Wives Club (OWC) in Rawang, Malaysia, was formed by Global Ikhwan, an organisation founded by former members of the banned Al-Arqam Islamic group. The Al-Arqam movement in Malaysia was started by the late Ashaari Muhammad. BeforeOWC’slaunch, GlobalIkhwan had been hit
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    • 897 4 / 5  -  Student claims he was hit by bouncer at Zirca after trying to defend a friend who was allegedly attacked on the dance floor REPORTS: JOYCE LIM joycel@sph.com.sg BRITISH student Ben Perkins claimed he was just trying to save his friend from being
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    • 915 4 / 5 Bouncers told to try and stop fights, not get into them, and they should always smile at patrons WHEN you think of bouncers, does the image of big, tough-looking, muscular men dressed in tight-fit-ting shirts come to mind? Well, today’s bouncers
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    • 1112 6 / 7 CEO dies after liposuction to remove love handles goes wrong ALTHOUGH he looked trim and fit, he was troubled by his love handles. His quest for perfection cost him his life after a liposuction operation went horribly wrong. Now, his family is seeking at
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    • 1157 8 / 9  -  $2chickenrice(right)that’s very nice? We find hawkers who keep prices low without cutting corners on taste REPORT: MARIE LIM, CHIN XIU YI, NOOR ASHIKIN ABDUL RAHMAN tnp@sph.com.sg GREAT grub that’s a steal? Don’t brush it off as impossible. Sure, quality comes at a price but several food
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    • 491 10 / 11  -  StarsshineatpremiereofScreenSingapore’sclosingmovie REPORT: SYLVIA TOH PAIKCHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg BANANA Leaf Apolo 13. (Mumbai, we have a problem.) When a broadcast journalist from India asked Tom Hanks if he would ever consider making a Bollywoodfilm,theHollywoodactoranswered:“Nobody would ever want to see me sing and dance. “Well, maybe, not unless
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    • 483 10 / 11  -  Sylvia Toh Paik Choo LARRY Crowne is a comedy and Tom Hanks is a runaway comic. Walking into a room filled with about 100 media representatives atthemovie’s press conference in Sentosa’sCapella hotel,he raisedhis hands to acknowledgethem, and said: “Fromhere, itlookslike there’re1,000
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    • 775 14  -  Thai Teen who lost both legs in MRT accident says... REPORT:ZAIHAN ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg FOR the last hour or so, Nitcharee Peneakchanasak, 14, behaved as though she had found a new toy. Giggling away and saying “kor thod ka” (sorry in Thai), the
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    • 310 15 Manchopsoffcolleague’shead,then... A MAN hacked a colleague with a parangbefore cutting offhis head with a cleaver, in Sabah, Malaysia, yesterday. The attack on the Indonesian mechanic happened in front of two workers at an auto workshop at about 9.30am. The workers tried to stop
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    • 235 15 MALAYSIAN police yesterday seized a cache ofabout1,000weapons–parang,knivesand steelrods–duringaraidonatextilefactory workers’hostelinTamanSemarakinNilai, Negeri Sembilan. The five-hour search, done at 3pm, came after a riot between two foreign groups outside the hostel on Tuesday, reported the NewStraits Times. The hostel holds more than 3,000 workers. The clash between
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    • 176 15 ALL it took was five minutes and a toy pistol andarobber managedto make off with RM80,000 (S$32,700) from a bank in Taman Tanming Jaya, Seri Kembangan. The police said that a man, believed to be in his 20s, jumped over the counter
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    • 476 16 Two Pakistani Rangers held overkilling of unarmed man; shooting captured on video IT IS a video clip that has shocked Pakistan a clean-shaven man wearing black trousers and a blue shirt is crying and pleading for his life as a soldier cocks his rifle at
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    • 139 16 A HONG Kong man escaped death after he was trapped for close to an hour under a concrete canopy that had collapsed on him. Firemen managed to free the 51-year-old, known only as Mr Lau, from under the debris that had pinned him to the pavement
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    • 522 17 Inventorof‘jetskifortheskies’sayshisjetpackcouldbeused by medical personnel, militaries and even ordinary people AFP. WHIZZING around with your own personal jetpack may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but New Zealand inventor Glenn Martin aims to have his “jetski for the skies” on the market within 18 months. After 30
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    • 537 18 Mum, hooked on plastic surgery, claims daughter begged for bigger breasts SHE is a self-confessed plastic surgery addictwhohasspent£500,000(S$1million) on surgical enhancements. And now she is splashing out big money on her own daughter to have breast enlargement surgery. Miss Sarah Burge has
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    • 386 18 IT’Severy dad’s dreamto walk hisdaughter up the aisle and see her off into married life. But Mr Graham Walton, 60, is hoping that his daughters skip the wedding ceremonies and just live with their boyfriends
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    • 118 6 / 7 The Great CEO Cookout FINALE Be sated... By Singapore Tourism Board CEO Aw Kah Peng, with her special concoction of Singapore Sling, and St James Power Station CEO Dennis Foo behind the bar Be satiated... By TNP’s own Nigella Lawson, Hedy Khoo, and Chef Alvin from St James Be served...
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  • Page 8 / 9 Miscellaneous
    • 33 8 / 9 "HILARIOUS AND FULL OF HEART" Sandy Kenyon, WABC-TV 1* ft '^35^ Mrl DREAMWORKS. NOW SHOWING IN I MAX 3D ALSO IN DIGITAL 3D AND 2D IN SELECTED THEATRES KungFuPanda.com WITH CHINESE SUBTITLES Q
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  • News The Great CEO Charity Cookout
    • 816 12 / 13  -  BreadTalk founder George Quek painstakingly builds replica of old pushcart and turns up early to make candy for charity REPORT: BRYAN LIM bryanlim@sph.com.sg A WHITE stall stood in the middle of the hawker centre and it was unlike any other. The specially constructed
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    • 388 12 / 13 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 elderly people who are living alone. The New Paper has partnered Lions Befrienders Service Association and Ngee Ann Polytechnic
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  • News Snapshot
    • 130 19 THE systems and processes currently in place in nursing homes here will be reviewed by the Ministry of Health (MOH). Health Minister Gan Kim Yong told reporters this yesterday, following the mistreatment of a patient at the Nightingale Nursing Home. A video,
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    • 105 19 A SINGAPORE Armed Forces (SAF) regular collapsed while doing an Individual Physical Proficiency Test (IPPT) atTengahAir Base yesterday. Major Toh Tze Wah Edi, 49, was at the halfway mark of the 2.4km run of theIPPTwhenhecollapsedat9.11am. An SAF medic on site evacuated Maj Toh, an
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    • 110 19 AFP. INDONESIA has arrested eight terror suspects said to have been plotting a mass poisoning of police personnel, said an anti-terror officer. The member of the police’s coun-ter-terrorism squad, who did not want to be identified, said six people were arrested in Jakarta
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    • 106 19 AFP. TWO officials have been detained in central China after 1,500 protesters clashed with riot squads, following the death of a local legislator in police custody. The two high-level officials are im- plicated in the June 4 death of Mr Ren
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    • 420 19 A PANEL of local and overseas experts will be appointed to conduct an in-depth review of all flood protection measures that will be implemented in Singapore over the next decade. The panel will be appointed in the next
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  • News Exchange
    • 574 20  -  THE BUZZ COMMENT:EUGENEWEE EUGENE WEE eugenew@sph.com.sg WIDER canals, more drains, retention ponds and pop-up floodgates. These are just some of the suggestions that have been thrown up to prevent more floods from occurring in Singapore, especially on Orchard Road. All of them require one thing
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    • 116 20 Weratethepastweek’snews–goodandbad -10 Motorists were stuck for hours at the Causeway and the Second Link as Malaysian immigration introduced a fingerprint scanning system. +20 The Government will work with the two bus operators to significantly increase capacity before new rail projects are ready in three to four years.
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    • 26 20 “Plankingisfunbutif youhaveatummy,it’s justrockingchairing.” –Amanonthefadofplanking,whereyoutake pictures of yourself lying flat on your stomach like a plank “It’sBucketTimah.” –Amancommentingontheflashfloodalong Bukit Timah Road last Sunday
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    • Article, Illustration
      792 21 KWAN HUIXIAN gives a first-hand account of drifting and other tricks on the circuit THERE I was, on a scorching Wednesday morning, in a souped up sports car. At the steering wheel. The last time I drove a manual car was more than two years ago, when
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    • 381 22  -  Kwan Hui Xian ROUND 1 ofthe Formula DriftAsiaPro Championship series takes place in Singapore. But instead of the newest cars out on the track, we have a 1983 Toyota Corolla AE86, a 1990 NissanCefiroanda1992Nissan180SX–toname a few. Don’tbefooled,though.Beneaththe seemingly old exteriors lies the latest technology. “Driftingis50percentdriving,and50per centmodification,”saidDaigoSaito,adrifterfor
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    • Enjoy Shopping
      • 423 23  -  YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sph.com.sg DESIREdrivesthefashionretailindustryandanticipationisthefuel.There are many things we want, but when deprived of instant gratification, this desire digs deepandwewon’tbesatisfieduntilwegetit. The more you wait for the thing you want, the moreyouneedit. Well,that’smyexcuseanyway. Isn’t that why we love to read about new stuff thatwilldebutsoon? With that in mind,
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    • 226 24 Always ensure you can afford your loan Plan your monthly budget carefully. Ensure that you are able to include the repayments with interest for the whole duration before taking on a loan. Lowest rate isn’t necessarily the best rate Opting for the lowest rate available
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    • 277 24 POSB has loan packages to assist you in many areas Thewriter,HansenHeng,wasformerlyinthebankingindustry. AnyinformationregardingPOSBLoanAssistisprovidedinconsultationwithPOSB, but all other views are his. Brought to you by: 1I AM GOING to tie the knot with my boyfriend of three years soon and everything has been nearly paid for.
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    • Article, Illustration
      460 26/27  -  Blackberry launch turns intoCaldecottreunion FLY ON THE WALL REPORT: SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg WHAT is black and white and red all over? No prizes if you answered “a bleeding nun”. We were shown through a dark tunnel, into a light bright room, in the Red Dot Museum,
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    • 320 26/27  -  REPORT: JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg WEARING a white lab coat, gloves and goggles, Sylvia Ow gingerly extracted DNA from a banana. She would not look out of place in a biology lab except that she is only 10 years old. Sylvia is
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    • Enjoy 2 Wheels Good
      • 641 28  -  Arlen Ness and Berik 2012 motorcycle apparel launch ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF BIKER BOY zaihan@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM ZHUHAI, CHINA ITWASpartbusiness,partpleasure.Atthetopoftheagendawasthelaunchofthe2012ArlenNessandBerikmotorcycleridingapparel. That’s the work part, if you had asked the international delegates hosted in Zhuhai, China, for the launch. For four days, the global distributors got
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    • Enjoy Table For 4
      • 715 29  -  Our panellists go on a culinary odyssey sampling unfamiliar fare ASHLEY CHIA amchia@sph.com.sg I MUST admit, the only things I know about Greece are its mythological gods and goddesses, idyllic islands and more recently, its economic troubles. So when it comes to its food, I
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    • Enjoy Family Matters
      • 427 30  -  FATHER FIGURES EUGENE WEE eugenew@sph.com.sg ITAPPEARSthatTheSpawnisturningouttobequitethescientist.One night, I asked him what he had learnedatpreschoolthatday. “Whenyouputanegginwater,andaddsalt, the egg will rise to the top,” chirped the three-year-old. Wow, I thought. They’re three and already doingscienceexperiments. Cool. Hoping to show him that his dad owned
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    • Enjoy Humour
      • 602 31  -  TheBigMatchis whatkeepskopitiams scoring SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO JUST PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg MAJOR football matches are the life and death of the kopitiams in my kampung. There were seven coffee shops in the estate, within walking distance ones, serving a relatively small area
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      • REALLY?
        • 158 31 Odd news that’sfor real AFP. A FLEXIBLE thief squeezed into a large suitcase and then emerged to plunder valuables from other bags while inside the luggage compartment of a Spanish airport bus. The thief had a partner who would buy a bus ticket and place the
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        • 89 31 AP. Officials in New London, Connecticut, turnedoffthe water atthe city’s new waterfrontfountainlastweekend– because people have been using it as a toilet. City Councillor Michael Buscetto III told The Day of New London that since the fountain opened last month, police have responded to calls about people urinating, defecating
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      • 316 31  -  S M ONG ACT BLUR smong@sph.com.sg AFTERlastSunday’sOrchardRoadflood,theOrchard RoadBusinessAssociation’sexecutivedirectorSteven Gohsaid:“It’skindoflikeananniversaryforus.It happenedlastyearonJune16,almostthesametime.” Happy anniversary! Idon’tthinkI’llbeinvitedtotheanniversaryparty though. I have nothing to wear anyway. Faithful readers of this column (all 161 of you, according to my Facebook page) may recall that I wrote abouthowImighthavecausedthefloodingofWendy’s at
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    • Article, Illustration
      197 33 Today and next week, we feature pictures of your children and their birthday celebrations. On June 26 and July 3, we will be publishing pictures of how your children spend their June holidays. For the month of June, the best picture of the week will win a $100
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    • 45 29 ICome joinus for Table for 4. Each week, we invite three readers out to a free meal and let them play food critic.Like itor hate it,we’ll let you have your say. E-mail your name, age, occupation, contact number and food preferences (if any) to amchia@sph.com.sg
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
    • 53 30 Quick, they’re gaining on you. Don’t let them catch up! You’ve got this! You’ve g... Come on son, You can do it! Cover those corners! And keep track of the time! ...it’s a spot-art competition for 6-year-olds. If you don’t stop shouting, you’ll have to wait outside Excuse me, sir...
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  • Page 32 Miscellaneous
    • 250 32 Enjoy TV& Comics LoveInDisguise CelestialMovies(StarHubCh868),9pm Apopstardisguiseshimselfasaregularguy tofindtheloveofhislifebuteventuallyhas problemshidinghistrueidentityfromhis dreamgirl.StarringWangLeeHom,LiuYifei. WATCH’EM PICTURE:20TH CENTURYFOX LeConcert okto,10pm ArenownedconductoroftheBolshoi orchestrawho’sfiredforhiringJewish musiciansdecidestogathertogetherhis formermusiciansandperforminParisin placeoftheBolshoiorchestra.Starring AlekseyGuskov,MelanieLaurent. CHANNEL5 1.00pm Movie:Broken Arrow 3.00 TheRoyalWedding (Retrospective) 5.15 JustFor Laughs Gags 5.30 TheMiddleman 6.30 ExtremeClose-up: Robert Pattinson 7.00 TheSimpsons 7.30 Movie:YesMan 9.30 News5Tonight 10.00 Movie:Twilight 12.45am TalkShowWith SpikeFeresten: LisaKudrow CHANNEL8
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  • Page 34 Miscellaneous
    • 30 34 Saturday,June *****1 First Second Third 1294 5580 6275 Starters 8255 9472 1892 0430 9238 1807 0894 8682 0072 2031 Consolations 6847 8990 5175 1174 0346 2376 3901 8611 9519 9937
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    • 106 40 / 41 SHARES IN HORSE OWNERSHIP Dam SIMONEASHLEY 1997 Nothin' Leica Dane Rhythm Review SHAMARDAL (USA) (Bay 2002-Stud 2005). 6 wins-3 at 2, Chantilly Prix du Jockey Club, Gr.1. Sire of 273 rnrs, 183 wnrs, 27 SW, inc. Lope de Vega (Chantilly Prix du Jockey Club, Gr.1), Faint Perfume, Casamento, Captain Sonador,
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  • Page 50/51 Miscellaneous
    • 52 50/51 SPORTS FIXTURES p y® Always play with care. [responsibiyj Do not bet illegally. No person under the age of 18 years shall be allowed to purchase a ticket or to claim any prize. For details, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg or call 6786 6688 Towards Community Purpose and Benefit SINGAPORE m POOLS RGB
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  • sports
    • 486 56 Arsenal star slams English colleagues for their nightlife Wire Services. ARSENAL striker Robin van Persie has criticised unnamed “English colleagues” for their party lifestyle and raised doubts over whether the Gunners can win the English Premier League next season. The Dutch footballer’s words are not likely to
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    • Racing
      • 1289 34 GOING FORECAST: GOOD TAN THEAN LOON'S KUALA LUMPUR TIPS RACE 1: 6 Lim’s Ocean 5 Terror 2 Colourland Classic 8 Stone Crab RACE 2: 7 Clark Quay 12 Neveraninch 3 More To Win 13 Warrior Spirit RACE 3:6 Subordinate 5 Fantastic Gift 3 Power Of
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      • 1456 36 / 37 ITIPSAND COMMENTSCOURTESY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS. RACE1Cranbourne(1,300m) 4 GLENBURNIE DANE (M C Kent) 4g (13:2-3-3): Beaten favourite 81/2 len 9th (58.5) 1,700m Sale (68) dead trk May 8. Back in distance last start 33/4 len 6th (57.5) 1,300m bourne(68)heavytrkMay29whenstruckinterference near 400m. Both wins over 1,400m.
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      • 654 36 / 37 12:30Race1 CRANBOURNE–1300M 1 CHERONBUTCH CHRISSYMONS (2) 59 2 NAVMANN CNEWITT (10) 58.5 3 EIGHTCARDS BMELHAM (4) 57 4 GLENBURNIEDANE AMCCABE (1) 55.5 5 THEREDEMPEROR IGUNDOGDU (3) 55.5 6 COOLASHEL MSRBRADLEY (6) 55 7 DELAGODRAGON DNIKOLIC (9) 55 8 KRONSTAN ICULLIVER (7) 53.5 9 PRINCESSTOSHI MSLKCROPP
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      • 936 36 / 37 RACE 1 Belmont 1st 3 Knightlike ($11-$6) 2nd 4 Bizzaca ($17) 3rd 1 Smart Twister ($12) 4th 6 Barometric. Forecast $31. Place forecast $8 (1 -3), $20 (1-4), $8 (3-4). Tierce $149. Trio $25. Quartet $435. Quadro: $90. RACE 2 Eagle Farm 1st 2 Benfica
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      • 396 36 / 37 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE9 C3 5.20 -1200m(SC) TaipaStakes Stakes:RM75,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 1-63 TheBank 57 (73) JoseDeSouza 5 (5agBTLim-Inter&Yew) 2 --1-1- Confrere 53 (65) OChavez 17 (4agRLines-Confidence) 3 -***** GraduateBoy 53 (65) MDjulkiflic1 11 (8agMSukri-Ordinary) 4 *****0 Masquerain 53
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      • 611 38 / 39 Andrew Frost 1 RACE Mr X Brian Miller Tan Thean Loon My New Man My New Man Chan’s Electra 11 10 9 Dan Noble 4 4 Lucky Banker 12 Chan’s Electra 9 12 Lucky Banker Al Nader Al Nader 11 9 10 Al Nader Den Dan Noble 9
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      • 74 38 / 39 UNANIMOUS BEST BET INWHATArarecoincidence,allfourTheNewPaperonSunday tipsters made WHAT NOW in Race 2 as their bestbetoftheday(seetippingboxontheleft). The Cliff Brown-trained three-year-old stands out in theRestrictedMaideneventover1,400monturf. Hehasthebestandmostconsistentformamongthe12 maidens. From three starts so far, What Now finished second, thirdandthird.HewillagainbypartneredbyJoaoMoreira (right),whorodetwowinnersonFridaynighttodrawlevel withlong-timeleaderVladDuricinthejockeys’table. Caution is the only other form horse with a
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      • 1359 38 / 39 TODAY'S SINGAPORE (SHORT COURSE E POLYTRACK) RACE CARD GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 C5D1 12.50 -1200m(Turf) Stakes:$35,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 0800 BetterThanYou 57 (43) KBSoo 8 (3nzgMYusof-Aixin) 2 *****1 Den 57 (43) THKoh*c3 11 (5nzgLLaxon-OscarRacing) 3 -05-80 JewelPrincess 57 (43) ISaifudin 12 (7nzmJO'Hara-KOHong) 4 -*****
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      • 635 38 / 39 RACE1 CLASS GRIFFINTURF 1000m 3 CROESUS120 (19-15) O DOLEUZE (2) 1 6 WAHMAYSTAR120 (10-6) Z PURTON (6) 2 5 LUCKYTOGETHER120 (12-5.10) B PREBBLE (4) 3 4 GALLANTMAMBO120 (139-46) K C LEUNG (3) 4 XTrainer: J Size. Margins: Shd, 1. Time: 56.31sec (Going: good). Forecast: $5.
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      • 2035 40 / 41 ANDREWFROST’SCOMMENTS ONTODAY’SKRANJIMEETING RACE1 (1,200m) 1 BetterThanYou)Hasdonenothingsofarand hard to recommend. 2 Den))Last-start winner on the Poly and might find this tougher from a wide gate. Place preferred. 3 Jewel Princess))Drop in grade will help and look for a better run today. 4 MyNewMan)))Last-startwinnerinasimilar race last
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      • 499 42 LASTFRIDAY’SSINGAPORESTIPENDIARYSTEWARDS’REPORTHIGHLIGHTS APPRENTICE S Sahren (right) rode his 10th winner on EL PATRON in Race 10 at Kranji on Friday night. As such, his rookie’s allowance will be reduced from 4kg to 3kg from tomorrow. ElPatronwastrainedbySahren’s master, trainer Don Baertschiger, who also saddled newcomer EL
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