The New Paper, 27 December 2011

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1 52 The New Paper

  • News
    • 994 2/3  -  Ex-beautyqueenwho’shadmultiplecosmeticproceduresundeterredbyhaters REPORTS: PEARLY TAN pearlyt@sph.com.sg AT 18, she was deemed beautiful enough to be crowned Miss Malaysia World in 2003. Today, at only 26, Ms Leng Yein has undergone almost 10 cosmetic procedures including a nose job, adding dimples and enhancing her breasts toimprove her looks.
      PICTURES: KELVIN CHNG, FACEBOOK  -  994 words
    • 245 2/3 COSMETIC surgery can boost self-esteem, but the result could be a desire for more procedures to strive for perfection, says psychologist Daniel Koh of Insights Mind Centre. Hesaid:“Plasticsurgeryisbasedon helping medical cases with defects after disfigurement. But for (Ms Leng Yein), it sounds more like an
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    • 370 2/3 SHE had mulled over having cosmetic surgery for three years, but when she finally did it, it was on the spur of the moment. In 2006, Ms Leng Yein travelled to Beijing, China, to take part in the Miss Tourism International 2006
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    • 83 2/3 How happy are Singaporeans? Overthe comingweeks, weow happyare Singaporean ask peoplewhatmakes themWeaskpeople whatmakes th happy and how happy they appyandhowhappytheya currently are How happyare Singaporeans? Weaskpeople whatmakes them happyandhow happytheyare Name: Nella Lok Age: 51 Occupation: Housewife What makes me happy: “Whenmy grown-up children can spend
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    • 414 4  -  Cabby found dead in his taxi REPORT: HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg IT’Sagiftthatwillremainunopened.CityCab driver Loke Meng Fatt was found dead in hisyellowHyundaiSonatataxiyesterdayafternoon at a carpark at Block 262, Serangoon Central, near Nex mall. A plastic bag containing a box of suncakes a Taiwanese pastry
      TNP PICTURES: ARIFFIN JAMAR  -  414 words
    • 882 5  -  Inappropriate relationships between teachers and underaged students REPORT:AMANDA REPORT:AMANDA PHUA aphua@sph.com.sg LAST Friday, a teacher pleaded guilty to having had sex with his student. Amy (not her real name) was 14 when they first had sex. He was 38. He’s not the first teacher to have
      ST POSED PICTURE  -  882 words
    • 510 6  -  ChefAlvin Koh reopens his restaurant, The Porridge King REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg CALLself-styledcelebritychefAlvinKohvainandbrazen,andhe’llremainunfazed.Afterall,theself-titledSensualChefhasusedhis nakedbodyextensivelyinbuildinghisimage. The New Paper caught up with Mr Koh just before he reopened his restaurant, The Porridge King, last monthatUpperThomsonRoad. During the 45-minute interview in his office, he sat uprightonalargechairthatresembledathrone.Onthe wallbehindhimwasaretropaintingofanemperor. Mr
      TNP PICTURE: BENJAMIN SEETOR; PICTURE: GERHARDT  -  510 words
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  • News watch
    • 98 8/9 MINISTER for National Development Khaw Boon Wan said he has set his sights on helping sec-ond-time HDB flat buyers get their homes faster in the new year. The backlog of first-timers was largely cleared this year, with HDB ramping up supply to
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    • 107 8/9 HEALTH Minister Gan Kim Yong has discussed three ideas with some 300 general practitioners and has been getting their feedback. A proposal to set up Community Health Centres to provide more support services received the most backing, he said
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    • 102 8/9 More Singaporeans are using their smartphones to shop online this year than in 2010. Mobile transactions worth some $43 million have been done so far this year, according to figures from online payment service provider PayPal reported by Channel NewsAsia. And it is
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    • 65 8/9 GRATEFUL: Nine-year-old Gayathri Grace and her father visited MRT stations on Wednesday to deliver hand-drawn cards which said: ‘To the MRT uncles and aunties who r working v hard... we still love you.’ (Inset) An anonymous delivery of 500 gerberas arrived for SMRT engineers and ground staff on Friday. A
      PICTURE: LIANHE ZAOBAO, SMRT  -  65 words
    • 335 8/9 Short delays for MRT passengers THERE were delays on both the North-East and North-South MRT lines yesterday. Passenger Jamaluddin Mohammad, 52, a sourcing manager, was alarmed when he heard a loud pop while taking a train on the North-East Line yesterday evening. He
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    • 133 8/9 CHINA’s biggest milk producer destroyed a batch found to have excessive levels of a cancer-causing toxin, in another safety scare for the country’sdairy industry. Mengniu Dairy Group said in a statement on its website on Monday that the problem was discovered before the
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    • 135 8/9 AFP. POLICE found seven bodies in an apartment on Sunday in the US state of Texas after what officials described as a Christmas Day mur-der-suicide. Two handguns were discovered in the apartment in Grapevine, near Dallas, and there were no signs of
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    • 124 8/9 AFP. BALI’Shealthdepartment chief Nyoman Sutedja said yesterday that there will be an investigation into the case of an Australian who is believed to have been infected with HIV while getting a tattoo on the Indonesian resort island. Australian health authorities said
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    • 274 8/9 KIM Jong Il’s death “should not wrongly affect the peace and stability on the Korean peninsula”, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda told China’s PremierWen Jiabaoduring talkson Sunday. State broadcaster China Central Television said Wen and Noda had agreed to restart
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    • News The Big Picture
      • 661 10 CURIOUS about his grandmother’slife,hedecidedtofollowher for a day with a camera. Of the many pictures he took that day, Mr Aidan Mock Yong-Jie felt that this image of her paying respects to her ancestors during the Winter Solstice Festival summed up “2011” for him,
        PICTURE COURTESY OF AIDAN MOCK YONG-JIE; PICTURE COURTESY OF CHIA YONG KENG  -  661 words
    • News Special Report
      • ON CAMPUS!
        • 346 12 / 13  -  Singapore’spolytechnicshave become institutions of choice for students finishing secondary school. In Special Reports running over five Tuesdays, SANTOKH SINGH andHEDYKHOO take an in-depthlook atwhat thepolysoffer. In the third instalment today, we showcase their overseas internship programmes Singapore Polytechnic SANTOKH SINGH, HEDY KHOO IT IS a partnership
          PICTURE: SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC  -  346 words
        • 285 12 / 13 Temasek Polytechnic HE OPTED for a module to study the Japanese language, and earned himself a trip to its motherland. Mr John Zheng, 19, who is pursuing a Diploma in Product Industrial Design, landed a one-month overseas student internship at HayashiTelempu, a Japanese automotive
          PICTURE: TEMASEK POLYTECHNIC  -  285 words
        • 354 12 / 13 Nanyang Polytechnic MR JEROME Tan, a third-year student at Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP), was thrilled when he was given the chance to be a live show host during his internship at Disney World in Orlando in the US. He could finally put into practice
          TNP PICTURE: HEDY KHOO  -  354 words
        • 328 12 / 13 Ngee Ann Polytechnic COME March next year, 10 students from Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) will embark on a self-initiated business mission to the United Kingdom. Their aim: To gain an insight into UK’sfinancial,maritimeandmanufacturing sectors. The two-week programme will be the third triporganisedunderthepolytechnic’s International
          PICTURE: NGEE ANN POLYTECHNIC  -  328 words
        • 325 12 / 13 Republic Polytechnic HIS stint at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston helped him develop an award-winning computer game. Mr Ashwin Ashley Menon, 21, who is pursuing a Diploma in Sonic Arts at Republic Polytechnic, spent nine weeks (from June 5 to
          PICTURE: REPUBLIC POLYTECHNIC  -  325 words
    • News
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        • 345 14 / 15  -  With2012 just aweek away,we takea lookback atthebiggest storiesthat appearedin The New Paper in 2011. Here are the ones that made an impact in March and April REPORTS:PEARLYTAN PEARLY TAN pearlyt@sph.com.sg SHEwasthePAP’syoungestcandidateinthe2011GeneralElection.And when pictures of 27-year-old Tin Pei Ling posing “cutesily” with a Kate Spade gift box
          PICTURES: ST FILE  -  345 words
        • 156 14 / 15 THE man is young and looks fit in his army uniform. Behind him is a woman, presumably a domestic helper, carrying his army bag. After the picture was first posted on Facebook and then on citizen-journalism website Stomp on March 27, netizens were quick to condemn the manas
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        • 136 14 / 15 SHE branded HDB heartlanders asan“uncultured” lot and called a radio talk show to ask them to keep away from her upmarket Holland Village neighbourhood. On March 23, the woman, who identified herself only as Samantha, called in to 91.3FM’sThe MarriedMen Show. She said Singaporeans living in
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        • 181 14 / 15 FIRST, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake. Then, a tsunami with 10m-high waves. Japan faced one of its worst recent tragedies when both hit on March 11. Tens of thousands died that day when the waves swallowed everything in their path as they surged several kilometres
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      • JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTDEC
        • 235 14 / 15  -  REPORT:BENITA BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg GETTING hit by a train and losing both legs is an experience that would plunge anyone into despair. But not for Thai teen Nitcharee Peneakchanasak. Her strength and plucky personality touched many Singaporeans, who donated more than $400,000 to her. The
          PICTURE: TNP FILE  -  235 words
        • 158 14 / 15  -  Reportsby AmandaPhua ONE year into their marriage, Johnny (not his real name), 35, found out that his pregnant wife was HIV-positive. It was not too long ago that he had felt like the happiest man on earth when he married the Vietnamese woman, whom
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        • 147 14 / 15 AFTER being trapped in a container for nine days without food or water, Bangladeshi worker Din Islam, 30, was rescued on April 10. He and Mr Mohammad Alamin, 30, fell asleep while the container was docked at the Chittagong port in south-eastern Bangladesh. They had
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        • 159 14 / 15 CHINESE national Jiang Lai ruffled local feathers when she proclaimed on her blog that only boys from Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) were worth dating. She described ACS(I) boys as “gentlemanly,knowledgeable and charming”,adding: “It’s a superficialjudgmentbut it’s about looks, status and intelligence.” She went on to snub
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      • 928 16 / 17 Protests,debtcrisisand naturaldisasters it’sa yearsomewould rather forget,if not for a fairy tale royal wedding. Here are some of the highs and lows of 2011 UK On April 29, all eyes were on London for the royal wedding of Prince William And Kate Middleton. The fairy tale
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      • 588 18 M’sianswiftlet farms converted into illegal casinos THE sounds coming from the swiftlet houses didn’t resemble the chirps of birds. And their visitors were mostly villagers from the area Sungai Besar, Selangor, and Tanjung Malim, Perak. During the school holidays, children were seen on the
        PICTURES: METRO AHAD  -  588 words
      • 411 19 Suspect believed to have killed couple and abducted toddler POLICE in Richmond, Virginia, are looking for a man alleged to have been involved in the abduction of a toddler and a double murder on Christmas Eve. Witnesses said Jamal Louis Clemons, 27, was
        PICTURE: VIRGINIA STATE POLICE  -  411 words
      • 232 20 FEMALE British athletes are taking off their clothes to pose for a lingerie calendar to do their bit for charity. The Olympic hopefuls collaborated with British luxury lingerie label Nichole de Carle to produce the 2012 lingerie calendar which is being released in
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  • Page 8/9 Miscellaneous

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  • Show
    • 1187 21  -  What started as a bucket list led to book deal for Magic Babe Ning DJPamela Ho REPORT: KWOK KAR PENG karpengk@sph.com.sg TWObestfriends,twobucketlists,$100,000andanine-monthtriparoundtheworld.In March, local magician Magic Babe Ning, 29, and 938Live DJ Pamela Ho, 41, put careers and family on hold to embark on
      PICTURES COURTESY OF MAGIC BABE NING & PAMELA HO; TNP PICTURE: KELVIN CHNG  -  1,187 words
    • 476 23 Vazquez Sounds signs contract with Sony within weeks of uploading home video AP. TEN-year-oldAngieVazquezhasbecomeanInter-net phenomenon by belting out a soulful cover ofBritishpopstarAdele’sRollingInTheDeep. In an online video seemingly shot at home, her brothers Abelardo, 15, and Gustavo, 13, play the keyboard,guitaranddrums. The video drew almost 18
      AP.; PICTURES: AP  -  476 words
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      • Article, Illustration
        431 24  -  Smaller outlets take spotlight for best dishes this year REPORTS PICTURE: YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sph.com.sg THIS year in food has been all about the smaller outlets. Small is better, it seems. My favourite dishes and restaurants for the year were mostly rustic, big on flavours and not
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      • 219 24 THERE is a new Crystal Jade Kitchen at Scotts Square, Level 3. And with the opening comes special offers and new dishes. Newon the menuisadish Ifell forinstantly steamed rice with scallion oil ($6.80, portion good enough for four). Thisisalso called QQrice, and it’s assimpleas it gets.
        PICTURES: CRYSTAL JADE KITCHEN, COTTON BLEU, WOK & BARREL, COLD STONE CREAMERY, CANTON RECIPES HOUSE  -  219 words
    • Show Makansutra
      • 606 25  -  K F SEETOH tnp@sph.com.sg ITHASbeenawonderfullystrange,chaot-icanddelicious2011.Ponds have become occasional natural featuresalongOrchardRoad. With the abrupt rise in taxi fares, cabbies now have more “income opportunities”; fruityice lollies and popsiclesare all therage, withmango,durianandjagongicepotongall butforgotten. We read about a chef who pocketed backsfororderingshark’sfinfromhisover-ar-dent supplier. That indicates a reduced demand for
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
    • 241 26 WATCH’EM PICTURES:MEDIACORP, UIP EatThisWay TVB8(StarHubCh829),8.30pm Inthisnewfoodseries,renownedchef MichaelLamtoursHongKongwithhosts SharonChanandSamanthaKotointroduce thebestdelicaciesandrevealtheinteresting storiesbehindthem. LookForAStar CelestialMovies(StarHubCh868),9pm Whenaneligiblethrice-divorcedman fallsforapokerdealer-cum-cabaret dancerataMacaucasino,the mismatchedcouplesoonmakes headlineswhichturnsherintoanIt girlovernight.StarringAndyLau, ShuQi. TheNoose5 (above) Channel5, 8.30pm In thefifth season premiereof the local satirical comedyseries, theteam ofcorrespondents recapsthe biggestnews eventsof 2011in their usual irreverentway. It’sComplicated HBOHits(StarHubCh605),11pm Whenattendingtheirson’scollege graduation,acouplereignitethespark intheirrelationshipeventhoughthey’re divorcedandhe’sremarried.Starring MerylStreep,AlecBaldwin. CHANNEL5 1.00pm FirstTouch
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  • Sports
    • Racing
      • 1201 33 RACE1 (1,000m) 5 RACING LEGEND did place three times in Class 4 last season and caught the eye when resuming with a fast-finishing shorthead second last month behind Good Smile over 1,000m at Happy Valley (HV) in his Class 4 debut. He has claims,
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      • 926 33  -  Goingforecast:Good ITIPSANDCOMMENTSBYPHILLIPWOO,COURTESYOFTHEHONGKONGJOCKEYCLUB PHILLIP WOO ITIPSANDCOMMENTSBYPHILLIPWOO,COURTESYOFTHEHONGKONGJOCKEYCLUB RACE1 CLASS5TURF 1000m TIME:1:00 Stakes:HK$525,000 NO. HORSENAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 WELLFIT DCRUZ CYHO 133 14 2 WINNERSMART KLMAN KCNG 133 8 3 VIVADOLPHIN TKNG WMLAI 132 4 4 NOTQUITEPERFECT ALEE MGUYON 131 2 5 RACINGLEGEND DJHALL
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      • 496 34 / 35 I SOUTH AFRICA (VAAL SAND) TIPS AND COMMENTS BY HAROLD STERLEY RACE1 (1,800m) 12 AEGIS-FANG should have left the maiden ranks a long time ago. He should have no problem in winning this race for in-form Tarry Racing. 1 KUDOS has not been far off
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      • 796 34 / 35 SUNDAY SG*****m NewYearCup 594-92 FlyingFulton 58 (98) (5agMWalker-TeAkauRacing) *****7 Fatkid 57 (96) (5nzgHKTan-Fatboy) ***** Lizarre 56.5 (95) (5safgPShaw-EMMA) *****3 Parfumier 56 (94) (9agMFreedman-GeraldHarvey) 2527-1 ZacInfluence 54 (90) (4ahCBrown-Zac) -***** SmokingJoe 51 (84) (7agJO'Hara-ToastTrustNo16) *****2 SouthEaster 51 (84) (5iregPShaw-Jooste&Kantor) *****4 Tenzing 50* (78) (5agCBrown-Tampirr&Network)
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      • 843 34 / 35 SATURDAY C*****m 6132-- EasternBaby 57 (74) (5agKCoetzee-Eastern) 61--19 GoodGoodLuck 56 (72) (6agRLines-GoodGoodNews) *****7 PerfectPerformer 55.5 (71) (6agJBrink-AJRacing) -***** CoffeeshopGossip 55 (70) (5agLNDanis-CmKim) 201-88 CrimsonAgate 55 (70) (6nzmKPHoy-MdmANCheong) 3-3296 CenturyLord 54.5 (69) (6amgKCTiang-Century) -2497- KimBay 54 (68) (5amMHWee-Kimmui's) ***** AprilRain 52.5 (65) (5nzgPKLeong-ZainalOmarBinAlangZainal) 167-97 EternalTraveller 52 (64)
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      • 757 34 / 35 SUNDAY C*****m -317-- BreakFree 57 (74) (6agEBreukelen-Perfectum) -***** Daytona 56.5 (73) (7agTGillespie-YCIng) *****0 HumblePrince 56 (72) (5nzgRLines-Humble) -11 RocketMaster 55 (70) (5nzgLNDanis-TLYeo) *****0 BigValour 54 (68) (9nzgJBrink-KOHong) 287--1 FlyingSpeed 53 (66) (4nzgKCoetzee-GoldenKnight) 2-1220 TrumpPlayer 53 (66) (5amhKCTiang-Osman) -***** SpeedyTiger 52.5 (65) (7agKCoetzee-MdmSPTan) -04-25 MyHero 51.5 (63)
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      • 518 36 / 37 7:20Race1 MaidenPlate 1800M 1 KUDOS SBrown (17) 60 2 SLIPPERYSLOPE GWrogemann (12) 60 3 BLACKACES GLerena (1) 60 4 CLASSCAPTAIN NQaule(-2) (15) 60 5 TANRAKE JMerwe (10) 60 6 CLASSICSUMMER DMansour (5) 60 7 CINDARELLAMAN NJuglall (8) 60 8 TIGERMOUNTAIN DDavid (13) 60
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      • 1578 36 / 37 TuesdayRaceCardRace EUROPE 6:15 PM Deauville 1 CLASS €24,000 MONDEVILLE 1300m No Form Name 1 42 2 0 3 4 765 5 *****4 6 265 7 *****3 8 32 9 90 10 394 Jalmud Dorlion Bleu D’irlande Happy Sun Percy Dark Ambition Portovino Lord Ali Mcjones
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      • 1045 36 / 37 GERALDTON RACE 1 Geraldton (1,100m) 1 BROCALEO: 10 starts for two seconds and two thirds. Finished second after being handy last start behind Initial Concept over 1,100m Dec 16. 2 KOJARENA: Six starts for a second and a third. Finished eighth of 13 last
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      • 549 36 / 37 12:54Race1 GERALDTON 1100M 1 BROCALEO PETERFARRELL (14) 57.5 2 KOJARENA KELLYDAVIDSON (10) 57.5 3 STREETROCKET RYANHILL (9) 57.5 4 CZARSTORMBLAZER JOSEPHAZZOPARDI (15) 57.5 5 COUNTFANTASTIC UNFIXED (4) 57.5 6 DROPOFAHAT BENPATERSON (1) 57.5 7 IMPOSINGMOTION SHAUNMEERES (12) 56.5 8 KENTHEL TIMBROWN (11) 56.5 9 MADMONEY
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    • Sports NBA
      • OTHER MATCHES:
        • 107 38 DERRICK Rose scored 22 points and hit the go-ahead jump shot with 4.8 seconds to play as the Bulls rallied from an 11-point deficit in the final four minutes to edge out Los Angeles. Luol Deng scored 21 points and blocked Kobe Bryant’s short shot right
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        • 90 38 CARMELO Anthony scored 37 points, including a pair of free throws with the game tied and 16 seconds left, to lift New York to a see-sawing win over Boston. Amare Stoudemire added 21 points for the Knicks, who led by 17 in the first half, trailed by
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        • 93 38 KEVIN Durant scored 30 points to help Oklahoma City win their season-opener with a victory over Orlando. Durant led the league in scoring the past two seasons, including averaging 27.7 last season. Yesterday morning, he was 11-of-19 from the field and added five rebounds and six
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        • 71 38 AP. NEW prize acquisition Chris Paul had 20 points and nine assists in his much-anticipat-ed debut, helping Los Angeles comfortably beat Golden State. Blake Griffin added 22 points and seven rebounds as the Clippers spoiled Mark Jackson’s debut as Warriors coach. David Lee had 21 points
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      • 719 38 MIAMI105 DALLAS 94 AP. EMOTION etched on his face, Dirk Nowitzki appeared alone in his thoughts as he soaked in the moment. Delayed by the NBA lockout, the Dallas Mavericks were unable to commemorate the franchise’s first title until yesterday morning (Singapore time), when they
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    • Sports EPL
      • 678 39  -  Iain Macintosh takes a sneaky look at the Premier League 's top six managers and finds outwhatexactlythey’dliketo findonNewYear’sDay... IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg ROBERTO MANCINI: A buyer for Carlos Tevez. Manchester City don't really care where Carlos Tevez goes, as long as
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      • 623 40 With 3 games in 7 days, should he rest the captain,whoisnearingShearer’srecord? ARSENAL v WOLVES (Tonight, 11 pm, SingTel mio TV Ch 102) PA Sport. ARSENE Wenger is facing one of the toughest calls of his managerial career over whether to rest Robin van Persie for
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      • 203 40 SWANSEA v QPR (Tomorrow, 1am, SingTel mioTV Ch 102) Wire Services. QPR manager Neil Warnock has highlighted a need to bring “leaders” to Loftus Road during next month’s transfer window. The club have endured a tumultuous campaign since their re- turn to the Premier League, winning three
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      • 667 41 Dutch star might play after injury scare NORWICH vTOTTENHAM (Tomorrow,3.30am, SingTelmio TV Ch102) Wire Services. TOTTENHAM Hotspur’s Christmas present came in the form of news that Dutch star Rafael van der Vaart’s hamstring injury is less serious than first feared and could play against
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      • 566 42  -  Liverpool 1 Blackburn 1 Liverpool: Maxi 53 Blackburn: Adam 45 (og) BY CARL MARKHAM Special Correspondent EVENthereturnofcaptainStevenGerrardafteratwo-monthabsencefailedtolift Liverpooloutoftheircurrent Anfieldmalaiseasthe Premier League’sbottomclubBlackburn leftwithapoint–althoughthe neededalast-minutewonder savefromstand-inkeeperMark Bunntoavoiddefeat. Gerrard,sidelinedsince Octoberwithanankleproblem, playedthefinal21minutesbut couldnotinspireachangein fortunes. KennyDalglish’s side,althoughunbeatenathome thisseason,havenowdrawn sixandwonthreeandbeenheld fivetimesinthelastsixoutings atAnfield. AndhaditnotbeenforMaxi Rodriguez’s11thgoalinhislast 12startsittheresultcouldhave been more embarrassing after
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      • Article, Illustration
        513 43  -  Bolton 0 Newcastle 2 Newcastle: Ben Arfa 67, Ba 71 BY ELEANOR CROOKS Special Correspondent TWOgoalsinasmanyminutesfromHatemBenArfaandDembaBaearned Newcastletheirfirstwininseven EnglishPremierLeaguegames againststrugglingBoltonatthe ReebokStadium. TheMagpieshadtakenonly twopointsfromtheirprevious sixgameswhileBolton’svictory overBlackburninmidweek endedarunoffivestraight defeats,andinthefirsthalfit appearedverymuchabattle betweentwostrugglingsides. Butthedeadlockwasbrokenin the69thminutewhenBenArfa nettedhisfirstgoalinmorethan ayearandtheprolificBa doubledtheleadsoonafter. Defensivewoeshavebeenthe problemforNewcastlebossAlan Pardew,whowasabletocallon centre-backMikeWilliamsonfor thefirsttimesincehesufferedan ankleinjuryinAugust. YohanCabayewasbackafter suspension,whileforBolton MarcosAlonsoandGretar Steinssonwereunavailableso PaulRobinsonandDedryck Boyatacamein. Iffanswerehopingfora BoxingDaytreattheycertainly
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      • 233 43  -  Sunderland 1 Everton 1 Sunderland: Colback 26 Everton: Baines 51 (pen) BY DAMIAN SPELLMAN Special Correspondent LEIGHTON BAINES ensured Sunderland’smiserablerun against Everton continued as he claimed a point with a disputed penalty. The full-back blasted past keeper Keiren Westwood from 12 yards after referee Howard Webb had
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      • 569 44  -  Red Devils trail City on goal difference, after victory made easy by red card to Sammon MAN UTD 5 (ParkJi Sung 8, Dimitar Berbatov 41,58,78-pen, Antonio Valencia 75) WIGAN0 GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg IT WAS a Christmas present that came a day late, but Sir Alex Ferguson
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      • 237 44 Wire Services. MANCHESTER United manager Alex Ferguson has urged winger Ryan Giggs to extend his contract with the Premier League champions for another season. Giggs, 38, is the most decorated player in United’s history and last week he revealed plans to sit down with
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      • 849 45  -  WESTBROM0 MANCITY0 NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg THAT faint squeaking sound might just be coming from the collective bottoms of nervous Manchester City players. Sir Alex Ferguson knows more about the impact of Christmas than Santa Claus and the rosy-cheeked Manchester United boss might be forgivena hearty“ho
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      • 408 46 / 47 VILLAS–BOAS: PA Sport. ANDRE Villas-Boas all but conceded the Premier League title after watching Chelsea drop another twopointsinlastnight’swestLondonDerby. But the Blues boss shrugged off the potential implications of writing off his side’s championship challenge before the halfway point of the season, despite Roman Abramovich having sacked
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      • 714 46 / 47  -  Third straight draw means they are out of title race surely CHELSEA 1 (Juan Mata 47) FULHAM 1 (Clint Dempsey 56) IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg EVEN Andre Villas-Boas, the arch-optimist, must acknowledge now that Chelsea’s title challenge is over. Three consecutive 1-1 draws have extinguished
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      • 298 46 / 47 Mourinho eyes return to England after Real AFP. JOSE Mourinho says he has his sights set on an eventual return to England but only once he has madethemostofthe“greatexperience”of beingat the helm of Real Madrid. The former Chelsea manager has long stated his love of the
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    • BACK IN M-LEAGUE & M'SIA CUP
      • 838 48 / 49  -  Aussie discovered his eye for goal and a glimpse of his future career during the 1991 Malaysia league CRAIGFOSTER–THEFOOTBALLER CRAIGFOSTER–THETVMAN DILENJIT SINGH dilen@sph.com.sg HEWASonlyinSingaporeforafleetingsojourn,butCraigFoster’sexperienc-esherein1991haveleftamarkonhis footballandpost-footballingcareers. TheAustraliantoldTheNewPaperthaton thehallowedturfoftheNationalStadiumand hostile grounds across Malaysia, he developed“theeyeofthetiger”. Andoffit,intheoldSBC(SingaporeBroadcasting Corporation) studios, he got his first insight into his future
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      • 459 48 / 49  -  Baihakki, Safuwan confident they can gel in central defence ALL CAESIUM aakasim@sph.cam.so CONCEDING three goals in their opening friendly against Johor is hardly the best of starts. It might have been only a per-season match, but with the big clash against M-League champions Kelantan
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      • 967 50 / 51  -  SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg HEHAS a physique and afixed, grim lookon his face most of the time that seems like it was chiselled from stone. But LionsXII vice-captain and midfield star Hariss Harun revealed that even he can have moments of insecurity
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      • 473 50 / 51 `I Footballing heroes? STEVEN Gerrard andXabi Alonso. I’ve always liked Gerrard, especially when he was younger, because he plays with so much drive and aggression. Alonso, well, because of his passing. I Best advice? FROM my parents, and that was to just zone out from
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      • ON TV
        • 130 50 / 51 LIVE TELECASTS EPL Tonight: IARSENALv WOLVES SingTel mio TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium), 11 pm Tomorrow: ISWANSEAv QPR SingTel mio TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium), 1 am INORWICHv TOTTENHAM SingTel mio TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium), 3.30am Saturday: I LIVERPOOLvNEWCASTLE SingTel mio TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium), 3.45am I
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        • 37 50 / 51 Today: IMINNESOTATIMBERWOLVES v OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 9am Tomorrow: INEWJERSEY NETS vATLANTAHAWKS StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 8.30am Thursday: I DENVERNUGGETSvUTAHJAZZ StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports), 10am I CHARLOTTEBOBCATSvMIAMIHEAT StarHubTVCh216(NBATV),8am
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        • 32 50 / 51 MUDABALA WORLDTENNIS C’SHIPS Thursday: IQUARTER-FINALS StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 7pm Friday: ISEMI-FINALS StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 7pm Saturday: I3RD/4THPLACING &FINAL StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 7pm
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