The New Paper, 7 August 2011

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    • 143 1 COMMUNITY SHIELD CITY’S 3-YEAR $860M SPREE facebook.com/thenewpaper To subscribe: 6388 3838 Yet Mancini insists they’re behind United 53 THE F-FACTOR THE FACEBOOK GENERATION twitter.com/thenewpaper Language experts, parents, educators our columnists tackle the F-word ...With fear and some fervour WTF? (Why the The New Paper on Language experts: Utterly UNDERSTANDABLE ...But
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  • News
    • Article, Illustration
      822 2/3  -  YouthsgreettheNTU valedictorian’s F-word speech with applause, butadultssayit’s hardly acceptable REPORTS: JOYCE LIM joycel@sph.com.sg BLAMEthef******foreignentertainmentmediafor s******* with the minds of the young and influencing them into swearing a s***-load of vulgarities. Butfirst,atest:Fillintheblanksabove.Easy?Ifso, consideryourselfsufficientlyversedinprofanity–as familiar as the Facebook generation is with the “F” word. Going by the reaction in
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    • 413 2/3 HOW do you stop the young from swearing when it is increasingly becoming second nature to them? What makesthemthink it’s cool? They swear to be part of a group or to be in the norm, said Ms Celine Edmund, a counsellor, psychologist and
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    • 378 4  -  COMMENT: SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg MISS Trinetta Chong Chiao Sing shot herself in the f*** (foot). The 23-year-old student used an expletive to cap her valedictorian speech at her NTU convocation. When asked if I f*** (find)
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    • 202 4 Excerpt from Paperweight, by Stephen Fry (first published in 1992). Fry is an English actor and writer, known in the UK for his audiobook recordings, particularly as reader for allsevenHarryPotternovels. WE have simple, direct words which describe human functions like eating
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    • 165 4 Joe Biden After introducing US President Barack Obama at the signing ceremony for the healthcare reform legislation at the White House last March, US vice-president Joe Biden turned and embraced the presidentand said, “This isabig f******deal.”It was loud enough to be picked up by cameras and
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    • 579 6  -  Once placed in stream for weakest students, he receives prestigious top scholarship REPORT: NAJIB SIDDIK mdnajib@sph.com.sg AT10,hedidsobadlyinschoolthathewas sent to EM3, a stream for the weakeststudents. Today, he is on a scholarship and will, in duetime,beearninghimselfaPhD. Mr Lim Yok Zuan, now 25, was remarkablysanguineabouthistimeatthebottomof Singapore’scompetitiveschoolsystem. “I
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    • 923 8 / 9  -  A woman claims her five adopted children and their father kicked heroutofher‘home’ REPORT PICTURES: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg TO YOU, this National Day is a reminder that this is your home. To her, home is often a bus stop in Tampines. Atothertimes,it’savoiddecknearby. Almost
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    • 659 10 / 11  -  S’porewomanwithsonbattlingdrugabuse saysshecanrelatetoAmyWinehouse’smum REPORT: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg SHE knows what it’s like to have a child addictedtodrugs. That’swhyMadamLim,49,empathises with Mrs Janis Winehouse mother of soul singer Amy Winehouse. Mrs Winehouse had said that the 27-year-old singer had left her with these simple words
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    • 373 10 / 11 AMY Winehouse (above) found fame with her hip-hop-inflected take on retro soul, but her problems with drugs and alcohol led to the collapse of her singing career. She cancelled a European tour after she was booed offstage in Belgrade in June. She
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    • 432 12 AWARD q Award winner helps neighbours take care of theirchildrenandbringinthelaundry HERneighbourstrusthersomuchtheyhaveno qualmsaboutpassingherthekeystotheirhome. “Sometimes,iftheyhavetogooutatthespurofthemoment, they’llpassmetheirkeys,sothatIcanlettheirchildreninto theirhomesaftertheyreturnfromschool,ortakeinthe laundryifitrains,”saidMadamLeeMayGiok,42. Atothertimes,shewouldnothesitatetocareforher neighbours’childreniftheirmothersarebusy. Forherhelpfulness,MadamLee,ahousewife,was nominatedforlastyear’sGoodNeighbourAward(GNA)and eventuallybecameoneoffivenationalrecipientsintheOpen category.Therewere223winnersintheconstituency category. TheGNAisjointlyorganisedbyHDB,thePeople’s AssociationandsupportedbytheSingaporeKindness MovementandSingaporePressHoldings. MadamLee’snominator,MadamChooChoonMuay,60, said: “She’s (Madam Lee) one of the most easy-going people I’ve met. If anyone asks her
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    • 377 14/15 Technicalglitchdidn’tstop her from winning second spot at belly dance competition SPARKLY sequins and floaty veils filled the Drama Centre auditorium as belly dancers, aged 10 to 40, from across the region strutted their stuff. The event: The Asia Global Bellydance Competition over two nights
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    • 315 14/15 A FIGHT in Geylang left a man dead and his younger brother injured. According to Lianhe Wanbao, the incident took placeat11.30pmonFridayatabackalleyinGeylang Lorong11. MrYangXianMu, 51, died at3amyesterday. His brother, Mr YangXian De, 47, survived the struggleandwasstillhospitalisedatpresstime. Witnesses told the Chinese evening press that
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    • 596 16 More people in China opting to stay single CHINA is growing so fast that people there don’t even have the time to make friends. They may be making money, but all that money doesn’tseemtobuythemonething–love. Yesterday was Qixi Festival, China’s equivalent of Valentine’s Day,
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    • 288 16 COMMUTERS on the Shanghai mass rapid system can now do their shopping as they take a train home. They just have to take pictures of the items they need with their mobile phones. Postersat12ofthecity’sbusiest underground stations depict several rows of a
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    • 842 17 Agency: We had to make the call Credit rating down from AAA to AA+ ADAYafterStandard &Poor’s (S&P)rating agency downgraded the US credit rating from its top rank of AAA to AA+, there were more questions than answers about what effects the move will have on the US
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    • 346 17 AT A time when she should playing with her friends, Thylane Lena-Rose Blondeau is busy doing model shoots. Thylane is just 10, but she has already graced the cover of fashion magazines such as Vogue Enfants. The provocative images of Thylane, tipped as
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    • 307 18 ROGUE trader Nick Leeson (right) for the first timetoldhisoldboss“sorry”for single-handedly bringing down Barings Bank, in a face-to-face meeting to be broadcast today. Mr Peter Norris told Mr Leeson, he wanted topunchhis“lightsout”asthescaleofhis deeds emerged. MrLeeson,now44,replied:“Iwouldn’t haveblamedyouifyouhad.” Hisrisk-takingdealsbankruptedBritain’s Barings Bank in 1995 after losing US$1.3 billion
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    • 378 18 HOLLYWOOD superstar George Clooney is the quintessential ladies’ man. Even after hitting the big 50, he has no dearth of women wanting to date him. He was married just once and after that four-year marriage ended in disaster, he vowed never to marry
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    • 241 18 JUSTIN Bieber, at 17, may look a tad jaded because another teeny-bopper is threatening to snatch his throne. Cody Simpson is just 14 and can definitely give Bieber a run for his money. With his side-swept hair and pouty lips, Simpson seems to be the new kid
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  • News Snapshot
    • 124 19 THE Workforce Development Agency (WDA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, will be creating about 1,400 jobs in the early childhood care and education sector over the next three years. And to
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    • 105 19 A VICE sweep by the police on Friday night netted 160 women from entertainment outlets located on the outskirts of the Central Business District. The women were aged between 18 and 36 years old and were arrested for suspected involvement in vice-related
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    • 112 19 AFP. CHINESE citizens make up 10 per cent of Australia’s Movement Alert List, which was released yesterday. June figures showed that 34,189 Chinese citizens were flagged by authorities, followed by 21,643 Indi- authorities,followedby21,643Indiannationals and 18,315New Zealanders. The majority of the
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    • 96 19 AFP. SIX years after leprosy was declared officially eliminated in India, officials and doctors are warning that the disfiguring disease is spreading in pover-ty-stricken pockets of the country. Urgent attention was needed in nearlyathirdofIndia’sdistrictstoaddressthespreadof new infections, said the head of
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    • 209 19 TanKinLian, TanJee Sayreact toLaw Minister’s commentson President’s powers THEREisnorequirementintheConstitutionthat“the President must be dumb”, potential presidentialcandidateTanKinLiansaidyesterday. Fellow presidential hopeful Tan Jee Say said he would not be doing his duty if he did not speak up on “issuesonconscience”. BothstatementscameafterLawMinisterKShanmugamsaidonFridaythatthePresidentcanactandspeak onlyasadvisedbytheCabinet. “IftheHeadofStatechallengestheGovernment,he willbeactingunconstitutionally,”MrShanmugamhad said, citing the example
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      10 19 CYBERATTACKSMADEEASY: Computersecurityspecialistsatahacker conventioninLasVegasonFridayshowoffa homemadeairbornedronecapableof launchingcyberattacks,hijackingmobile phonecallsorevendeliveringa‘dirty’bomb. PICTURE: AFP
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous

  • News Exchange
    • 521 20  -  THE BUZZ COMMENT:JASON JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg Did you know that Wikipedia has a ranking of movies that most frequently use the F-word? At the top of the list is a documentary called F***, the subject of which is the word itself, which is used 824 times. Next up
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    • 125 20 Weratethepastweek’snews–goodandbad -10 More credit cards sent by mail are getting stolen in transit. -10 Poaching of wildlife has more than doubled in a decade, and the number of cases of cruelty to animals is up 15 per cent from a year ago. +10 The Ministry of Manpower
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    • 29 20 “Onlinetutorialsare horrible...Youcan’tpretend thatyou’relisteningbecause you actually have to type something.” –Auniversityundergradonstudying “Callagirlprettyandshewill remember it for five minutes. Call a girl ugly and she will rememberitforalifetime.” –Atweetgoingviral
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  • enjoy
    • 710 21  -  Despite having his leg amputated after an accident, this man fought back misery to be aremisier,an athlete and a hunk intheHerWorld magazine‘50Men WeLove’list REPORT:AMANDA AMANDA PHUA aphua@sph.com.sg HEneverfailstoattractstareswhen-everhegoesoutinshorts.Still,thisdoesnotdeterhimfrom hitting the running track at Evans Road near Singapore Botanic Gardens twice a weekwithhiscoachandfriends. Dressed in a crisp long-sleeved
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    • 178 22/23 AT 1.8m, Mr Michael Wong is hardly a person to miss in a crowd. But the former captain of the national basketball team, who is single, says that he does not receive that much attention from girls. He is so shy, he did not
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    • 234 22/23 BEING featured in the media is nothing new to Mr Lee Hup Kheng. But being on the Her World 2011 list of‘50 MenWe Love’ isnew tothe father of one. Affectionatelycalled ‘Hup’in the newsroom,MrLee said:“I havenever been in a magazine.
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    • 128 22/23 CHEWING on a mint leaf has never been so sexy. Meet Mr Adrien Desbaillets, a Swiss-born entrepreneurwhostartedSaladStop!–asaladbarwith sevenoutletsacrossSingapore–withhisfather. When he lost his j ob during the financial crisis in 2009, he returned to Singapore, where his father lives. ThatwaswhentheideaforSaladStop!wasborn. Mr Desbaillets, who grew up in Singapore,
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    • 234 22/23 THEHerWorldwriterssaythattheylove‘thedouble hotfactor’. The twins not only share gorgeous cheekbones and a very sweet smile, they both have a body most men should envy. Unfortunately for most women, these two hunks have their attention focused on their other halves. Mr Ray Yeo (seated, left), who
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    • Enjoy 2 Wheels Good
      • 387 24  -  ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF BIKER BOY zaihan@sph.com.sg CALLthemweirdorextrememotorbikes.Their inventors have built them based on their visionsandfantasies. Puristsmayarguethatsuchmachinesmaynotlook orfeelliketherealthing. Love them or hate them, these bikes have become iconsofthelastdecade. Their true measure of success is when some of themhavemadelimitedproductionruns. It’s a brave new world and The New
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    • 754 25  -  70-year-old car made in Old Ford Factory returns to Upper Bukit Timah Road REPORT:ZUL ZUL OTHMAN zothman@sph.com.sg WHEN THE gleaming white car pulled into the carpark at the Old Ford Factory on Upper Bukit Timah Road yesterday, it was a homecoming of sorts. TheFord Mercury
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    • Enjoy Table For 4
      • 814 26  -  HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg LIKEthe Italian meaning of its name L’Angolo meanscorner in Italian the eateryoccupiesa charming corner of conservation building Maxwell Chambers and is an alluring blend of the classic and contemporary, both in furnishing and food. The restaurant is popular with the corporate
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    • 588 27  -  New Face girls get new dos REPORT: BRYAN LIM bryanlim@sph.com.sg THERE was tension in the air. Apprehensive faces peeked at one another as the Top 20 girls for The New Paper New Face competition gathered at Moonson Hair House at Novena Square. “I was nervous,” confessed
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    • 693 28/29 byastronauts range studentsand *****0 Tel: 6794 E-mail: Visit: Singapore,withhelp fromthebest inthe horticulture business– backed by 100 years’ worth ofheritage. The idyllicand scenic venue boastsrustichuts and lofts,ahand-cobbledchapel and outstandingnature-inspiredbistro.Servingfresh fusion cuisine, Bistro@gardenasiaisaperfectgetawayto rejuvenatethe urban Greenworkshops, culinaryworkshops and all-inclusiveretreats canbe organisedby a highlyprofessional eventsmanagement team. Morchoo into the is way
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    • 413 30 Wires CELEBRITIES are exerting a big influence on what parents name their newborns. This, according to an analysis of 23 million page views on the popular Nameberry.com website from the beginning of the year, particularly those that
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    • 220 30 THERE is something about celebrity that somehow turnsparents’ into naming monsters.Here’s our own pick of the craziest names that celebrity parents chose to inflict on their kids. Rockers Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale inflicted Zuma Nesta Rock (above with mum) on their younger son (apparently after
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    • Enjoy Family Matters
      • 462 31  -  S MURALI FATHER FIGURES muralis@sph.com.sg FOLKS, this past week, I finally realised the true meaning of bittersweet. It happened exactly one Sunday ago, when the family invited some little people overtocelebratemyson’sseventhbirthday. Watching my son scream his head off and have a roaring good
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    • Enjoy Fly on the Wall
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        342 32  -  Hungryghosts?No... REPORT: SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg “ILLUSION” and “soul” are not the two words you want to bandy in themonth ofhungry ghosts. Butonlyifyou’rethesuperstitiousauntie sort. So help me I am not, but when you enter a large cold lift funny no one else seems to be in it
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    • Enjoy Humour
      • 477 33  -  Orchid,durian,and chillicrab? SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO JUST PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg WHAT would a perfume made of orchid, durian, and chilli crab smell like? Smells like Singapore spirit! The Balkan state of Lithuania recently produced “a good example of how to communicate Lithuania to
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      • 302 33  -  S M ONG ACT BLUR smong@sph.com.sg DEAR fourth-storey flag-hanger of Block672A, Choa Chu Kang Crescent, We’venevermet.Idon’tknowwhatyoulooklike.I have no idea who you are. All I know is that you live on the fourth storey and there’saSingaporeflaghangingoutsideyourwindow. I notice this flag every day as I
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      • REALLY
        • 163 33 Oddnewsthat’s for real AP A SWEDISH man who was arrested after trying to split atoms in his kitchen says he was only doing it as a hobby. Richard Handl, 31, said he had the radioactive elements radium, americium
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        • 107 33 Reuters POLICE in Idaho Falls have told a man to stop wearing a bunny suit in public after people complained he has been frightening children. Residents in the northwestern US city of 54,000 people also reported that Mr William Falkingham, 34, occasionally
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    • Article, Illustration
      78 35 Today and next Sunday, we feature pictures of your children celebrating Racial Harmony Day. The best pictures this and next week win a $100 voucher from Carter’s,sponsoredbyKidStyle. Send your pictures and messages to tnpforum@sph.com.sg Say cheese! From Hanni Lee Ishaan(in green) Celebrating my Racial Harmony Day with my
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 34 Miscellaneous
    • 54 34 Enjoy WATCH ’EM TV& Comics TheExpendables(left) StarMovies (StarHubCh 622), 9pm A teamofmercenariesis giventhe assignmentto takeout a corruptmilitary leaderanda rogue CIAoperative ona LatinAmerican island.StarringSylvester Stallone,JasonStatham. FriendsWithBenefits SeasonPass(SingTelmioTVCh549), anytimeondemand Fivefriendsarealllookingfortheloveoftheir livesbutsettleforlessinthemeantime. StarringDanneelAckles,RyanHansen. PICTURE:INNOFORM MEDIA GetHimToTheGreek HBO(StarHubCh601),10pm Arecordcompanyinternishiredto accompanyanout-of-controlBritishrock startoaconcertatLosAngeles’Greek Theater.StarringRussellBrand,JonahHill. Lover’sDiscourse CelestialMovies(StarHubCh868),9pm There’slovelostamongfivecouplesin crowdedHongKong,whereit’snotunusual forformerloverstocrosspathswithone another.StarringEasonChan,KitChan. MegaPythonvsGatoroid SyfyUniversal(StarHubCh526), 10.50pm AcrisisoccursintheFloridaEvergladesas giantpythonsarethreateningthealligator population.StarringDeborahGibson,Tiffany.
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  • sports
    • Racing
      • 188 36/37  -  BESTBET TAN THEAN LOON BASED on his recent trial win, smart newcomer IP MAN is very hard to beat in today’s Race 2, the Restricted Maiden event over 1,000m on the Polytrack. His ability was demonstrated on the morning of July 21, when the David
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      • 921 36/37 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 C5D2 1.20 -1000m Stakes:$35,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 ---077 FeelingGood 57 (34) SAnandanc1 1 (5agLeslieKhoo-Wonderland) 2 *****0 Whydoyouask 57 (34) EAslamc1 7 (5agBDean-Dean) 3 *****0 Ebony 56.5 (33) LQKek*c4 11 (5agDHill-Majulah) 4 3-8-50 WinningDan 56.5 (33)
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      • 490 36/37 1 RACE Mr X Brian Miller Tan Thean Loon 8 6 Steel Cut Andrew Frost Steel Cut Fuku’s Pet 6 8 6 Fuku’s Pet 4 5 2 Steel Cut Winning Dan Gold Pool 11 11 8 2 RACE 7 1 Whydoyouask Feeling Good 6 Fuku’s Pet Gold Pool
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      • 538 36/37 LASTFRIDAY’SSINGAPORESTIPES’REPORTHIGHLIGHTS JOCKEY Oscar Chavez was questioned on the disappointing performance of GUSTORIKO in Race 7 last Friday. The second favourite beat only one home. Chavez said that the gelding failed to show the necessary pace to take up a forward position. He added that when passing
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      • 1287 38 ANDREWFROST’SCOMMENTSONTODAY’SKRANJIPOLYTRACKMEETING(RACECARD:PAGE36) RACE1 (1,000m) 1 Feeling Good))Resuming after form tapered off last campaign, so consider in exotics only while fresh in this weak field. 2 Whydoyouask)))Has shown enough on occasions to seriously consider here while freshened up and back to 1,000m. Big hope. 3
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      • 1103 39 GOING FORECAST: GOOD TAN THEAN LOON’S KUALA LUMPUR TIPS RACE 1: 1 Mayo's Dancer 4 Darmore 6 Northern Arch 2 Glory Star RACE 2: 1 Flapjack 2 Happy Winner 13 Sinar Cahaya 9 Clarke Quay RACE3:1EternalTraveller)5SenorPappy 2 Chase The Dream 3 Mighty Papa RACE 4:
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      • 649 40/41 ITIPSANDCOMMENTSCOURTESY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS KALGOORLIE RACE 1 Kalgoorlie (1,300m) 6 Pure Attraction: Has been racing well against stronger rivals and she should appreciate the drop in class. The barrier makes her task difficult, but she is reasonably handy. 5
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      • 426 40/41 12:55Race1 KALGOORLIE 1300M 1 BLAZINGDANE RYANHILL (15) 57.5 2 WESTERNTRADER MISTYBAZELEY (1) 57.5 3 BRADBURY'SCHANCE TAKAHIDEIKENUSHI (12) 57.5 4 WHAJ JARRADNOSKE (10) 57.5 5 NEVERHERE RICHARDRHODES (4) 55.5 6 PUREATTRACTION JAYCEBUCKLEY (14) 55.5 7 ARTESIANMIST HAYLEYDIENER (9) 55.5 8 LOWERTHEBAR NEILCHAPMAN (8) 55.5 9 BONNIEVEE
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      • 434 40/41 RACE1 (Flemington) 1st 6 Chosen To Fly ($47-$15) 2nd 10 Happy Angel ($8) 3rd 8 Sarge In Charge ($6) 4th 12 Diamondcowboy. Forecast $42. Place forecast $15 (6-8), $15(6-10), $5 (8-10). Tierce $823. Trio $38. Quartet No winner ($1904 jackpot carried forward to next race). Quadro
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      • 860 40/41 RACE 1 (Doomben) 1st 2 God’s Window ($61-$17) 2nd 10 Peelings ($12) 3rd 6 Lone Assassin ($19) 4th 4 Dai Kon. Forecast $46. Place forecast $24 (2-6), $16 (2-10), $15 (6-10). Tierce No winner ($1776 jackpot carried forward to next race). Trio $111. Quartet No winner
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      • 568 40/41 Race1 C5(LC)1400m 1 BELIEVEME57c55(20-8) KYazid* (1) 12 11 1 (457) 9 WISHMEWINGS53.5c53(11-5.10) SMutaza* (4) 7 3 2 (495) 0.5 8 JERAMGOODFEEL53.5c51.5(589-119) MGaneesh* (5) 9 9 3 (476) 3.5 11 FLASHSTEP53(65-13) JoseDeSouza (7) 5 4 4 (428) 0.5 XWinningowner: Mdm PL Hong. Trainer:M Sukri. Time:1min 23.9sec(Going: good).Forecast:
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    • Sports Mad about Golf
      • 254 42  -  GODFREY ROBERT godfrey@gph.com.sg AFTER seven years as a national amateur golfer, Koh Dengshan has finally turned pro. The 23-year-old, who recently won the Warren Amateur Open, made the plunge into a golf career after careful thought and discussions with his parents. The affable Koh (left),
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      • 689 42 OMEGA MISSION HILLS WORLD CUP QUALIFIER MARDAN Mamat and Lam Chih Bing will represent Singapore for the fifth time in the World Cup after finishing second behind New Zealand at the Omega Mission Hills World Cup Asian Qualifying yesterday. New Zealand, powered by
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      • 835 43 AP. RICKIE Fowler had eight birdies and an eagle to give himself another shot at winning. Adam Scott did well enough to stay in the lead. PGA Tour rookie Keegan Bradley got in on the action late. It seemed as if everyone was in contention
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      • 458 43 Reuters. AUSTRALIAN Adam Scott has played golf with renewed vigour this year and says he has gained further inspiration since inheriting New Zealand caddie Steve Williams from Tiger Woods last month. Scott, who said that he would be skipping the Bar- clays Singapore Open this year,
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    • Sports Rugby Tri-Nations
      • 552 44 NEW ZEALAND 30 AUSTRALIA 14 Reuters. NEW ZEALAND left no one in doubt they will be one of the favourites for the rugby World Cup after a clinical 30-14 victory over Australia in their Tri-Nations clash at Eden Park yesterday. With the Tri-Nations
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      • 432 44 TENNIS AFP. VERA Zvonareva fended off Sabine Lisicki, earning a 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 win on her fifth matchpoint yesterday morning (Singapore time) to lead the top three seeds into the semi-finals of the WTA San Diego Open. The top-seeded Russian (bottom) will play the
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    • Sports S-League
      • 494 45  -  BALESTIERKHALSA0 TAMPINES ROVERS 1 (Ahmad Latiff 90+5) SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg HE WAS so exhausted after the game, he could barely speak. But who could blame Tampines Rovers winger Ahmad Latiff? After all, he had run himself to the ground during his side’s S-League clash
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      • 338 45 COVENTRY0 LEICESTER 1 (Lee Peltier 52) ENGLISH CHAMPIONSHIP SVEN-GORAN Eriksson’s Leicester justified their billing as one of the Championship’s promotion favourites by grinding out a 1-0 win at Coventry on the opening day of the season yesterday (Singapore time). Eriksson was handed a substantial transfer
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      • 317 45 BORUSSIA DORTMUND 3 (Kevin Grosskreutz 17,48, Mario Goetze 28) HAMBURG 1 (Robert Tesche 79) BUNDESLIGA Reuters. BORUSSIA Dortmund made a scintillating start to the defence of their Bundesliga title as they outclassed Hamburg 3-1 in their opening game of the new season yesterday
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    • Sports La Liga
      • Article, Illustration
        522 46/47 Barcelona expand academy for youth players AP. BARCELONA have risen to the top of European football on the strength of their highly-productive academy. Now, they are looking to expand their stock of homegrown talent through an expanded school facility to develop even more young players. The new
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      • 224 46/47 Wire Services. BARCELONA midfielder Xavi Hernandez is not scared of Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho. Instead, he is more wary of Real’splayers. “I am more worriedabout their (Real) players rather than the coach,”saidXavi. “They have signed well and they have experience as well as a
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      • 124 46/47 Wire Services. THE LATEST addition to Real Madrid is a seven-year-old boy from Argentina. Miguel Coira, father of Leonel Angel, said his son signed a contract with the prestigious La Liga team, which makes the boy the youngest signing in the history of Real, reported Xinhua. “He
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    • Sports Under-20 World Cup
      • 612 48 AP. HOSTS Colombia asserted their claim to be one of the favourites to win the Under-20 World Cup, defeating South Korea 1-0 yesterday morning (Singapore time) to top their group with a perfect record. Colombia finished with nine points in Group A, ahead of France, who
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    • Sports International Friendly
      • 439 49 ENGLAND v HOLLAND (Thursday, 2.55am, SingTel mio TV Ch 115 117) PA Sport. FABIO Capello faces a late check with England’s clubs before finalising his 23-man squad for Thursday morning’s (Singapore time) friendly with World Cup runners-up Holland at Wembley. Despite Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham
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      • 399 49 Reuters. HOLLAND have kept faith with three promising young players in a 23-man squad to face England in Thursday morning’s (Singapore time) international friendly at Wembley. Coach Bert van Marwijk has again included midfielders Kevin Strootman, 21, and Georginio Wijnaldum, 20, plus 19-year-old defender Jeffrey Bruma in
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    • Sports EPL
      • 476 50 Wire Services. MANCHESTER United boss Sir Alex Ferguson believes the competition in the Premier League will be so fierce that the winners will have togetto84pointstosecurethetitle. Ferguson believes that Liverpool and Tottenhamwilljointhetopfourtobattleit outinwhathedescribesas“thebestproductinfootball”. Hesaid:“TowintheleagueinEngland is very difficult and it doesn’t matter how you get the points,
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      • TRANSFER TRAIL
        • 52 50 MANCHESTER United winger Gabriel Obertan has reportedly agreed to a five-year contract with Newcastle and will complete his move to Tyneside next week. Reports claim that the 22-year-old Frenchman has discussed personal terms with Newcastle and will sign on for a fee of around £3
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        • 57 50 BRAZIL legend Carlos Alberto thinks Maicon would be a success at Manchester City if he joins the club this summer. The defender has been linked with a switch to the Etihad Stadium in a swap deal with want-away forward Carlos Tevez. “Maiconisaverygoodplayer,”saidCarlosAlberto. “Every year City
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        • 75 50 ARSENE Wenger has insisted again that he wants unsettled Arsenal skipper Cesc Fabregas to resist Barcelona and stay with the club. “I do not want to speak about the transfer of Fabregas because I have done that three years now in every press conference, so I don’t
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        • 134 50 Wire Services. SUNDERLAND manager Steve Bruce has reiterated his interest in Manchester City striker Craig Bellamy. City boss Roberto Mancini has made it clear the 32-year-old Wales international (below), who spent last term on loan at hometown club Cardiff, is not part of his plans this season.
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    • Sports Paul Scholes Testimonial
      • 228 51 Scholes on target in 6-0 win AFP. PAUL Scholes was on the scoresheet as he marked his Manchester United farewell with a goal in a 6-0 win over New York Cosmos, as the former England midfielder waved goodbye to a packed Old Trafford yesterday morning (Singapore
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    • Sports Community Shield
      • 486 52 / 53 MAN UNITED v MAN CITY (Tonight, 9.25pm, SingTel mio TV Ch 115 Ch 117) AFP. MANCHESTER United manager Sir Alex Ferguson lit the fuse ahead of an explosive Community Shield clash with Manchester City by warning his bitter rivals
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      • 617 52 / 53 PA Sport. DESPITE spending a fortune over the past three years, Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini accepts his team still have ground to make up on arch-rivals Manchester United. City meet their neighbours in the Community Shield at
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      • 936 54 / 55  -  Former Red Devil and ESPN STAR Sports pundit PAUL PARKER tells DILENJIT SINGH that the match is now more than just about local pride Man United vMan City, Tonight, 9.25pm DILENJIT SINGH IAs someonewho hasplayed in two Community Shields (then Charity Shield) for Man
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      • 602 54 / 55  -  IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM THE UK MANCHESTER descends upon London today as the city’s two strongest teams battle it out for the Community Shield at Wembley. For United, it's the fifth shield in a row. For City, it’s the first since
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    • ON TV
      • 50 54 / 55 *Alltelecastsliveunlessotherwisestated.Forthelatest,pleasecheck www.mio.singtel.com/miotv&www.starhub.com/tv *Programmetimes,providedbySingTel&StarHub,subjecttochange LIVE TELECASTS BUNDESLIGA Tonight: IMAINZ vLEVERKUSEN StarHubTVCh 222 (Football Channel), 9.25pm IBAYERNMUNICHv BMONCHENGLADBACH StarHubTVCh222 (Football Channel),11.25pm N POWER C’SHIP 2011/12 Tonight: IWEST HAMvCARDIFF SingTel mioTV Ch 112 (GoalTV 1), 7.55pm COMMUNITY SHIELD Tonight: IMAN UNITEDv MAN CITY SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (STAR Sports), Ch117 (ESPNHD),9.25pm
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      • 35 54 / 55 LEGG MASON CLASSIC Today: ISEMI-FINALSSESSION2 StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 7am Tomorrow: IFINAL StarHubTVCh211 (Racquet Channel),3am ROGERS MASTERS Tomorrow: IDAY 1 StarHub TV Ch 205 (Eurosport Channel), 11 pm Ch 202 (SuperSports), midnight
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      • 16 54 / 55 YONEX BWF WORLD BADMINTON C’SHIPS Tomorrow: IDAY 1 StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 5pm
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      • 14 54 / 55 WORLD GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP Tomorrow: IDAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), midnight
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      • 31 54 / 55 Tonight: ISAFFCv COURTSYOUNG LIONS (Choa Chu Kang Stadium, 8pm) Call 1900-*****13 after 10.15pm for the half-time and full-time results. Calls cost 30 cents a minute. Yesterday’s result: IBALESTIER 0 TAMPINES1
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    • 95 56 MAN CITY SIGNINGS (Since the takeover by Abu Dhabi United Group Investment and Development Limited in September 2008) I£1 $1.99 Robinho– £32.5million VincentKompany £6m Shaun WrightPhillips £9m PabloZabaleta £7m CraigBellamy £14m Nigel deJong– £18m JoleonLescott– £24m CarlosTevez– £25.5m GarethBarry £12m RoqueSanta Cruz– £17.5m Stuart Taylor–
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    • 63 56 WORLD CUP QUALIFIER: Mardan Ma mat and Lam Chih Bing make it to Finals in China. Page 42 BLEDISLOECUP: All Blacks signal World Cup intentions by thumping Wallabies. Page 44 But Man City boss says they’refar still behind United Page 53 PAUL PARKER: More than pride in Community Shield match
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