The New Paper, 1 January 2012

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    22 1 the new paper on sunday JAN 1 2012 j_ A SINGAPORE PRE SS HOLDINGS S|dj I PUBLICATION 80 CENTS MICA (P) 113/01/2011
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      105 1 9 DAYS TO M-LEAGUE KICK-OFF thenew paper JAN 1 2012 GROUND ZERO REACTION TO QUAN YIFENG’S CONVICTION: Star so what? M’SIAN MISSION ACCOMPLISHED, SAYS LIONSXII COACH V SUNDRAMOORTHY: We’re ready raring to go 14 64 For free tickets, see p51 Viral video of KL boyfriend’s surprise marriage proposal touches the
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  • Article, Illustration
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    612 2  -  NATALIE SOH natalie@sph.com.sg LADY DRIVER “What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.” T.S. Eliot Apologies to the poet. But this rather neatly encapsulates this rather strange period where we transit
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      15 2 CONGRATULATIONS Winner of the Dec 18 LAST CHANCE CONTEST See Sze Ping I/C No: SXXXX488A
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      60 2 FEATURES 8 Envy of many women: The sweetest Meme wedding proposal 14 Ground Zero: Public reaction on celebs behaving badly 18 2012 worry Starting school blues for kids 28 End of the world? The various theories REGULARS Snapshot 04 Live Right 34 Eats 35-37 Secret Shopper 38 Afford/Aspire 39 Humour
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      43 2 COLUMNS 12 Confessions ...of a retail assistant (You’ll be shocked at what customers leave behind) 37 Food for Thought by Vanessa Frida Great ideas for party leftovers 40 Act Blur by S M Ong Why I like Christmas better than Chinese New Year
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      29 2 SPORTS 51 Paul Parker Jan transfer period: Kaka could fit in at United 54 EPL Wenger mesmerised by magical Henry 64 LionsXII tour of M’sia Sundram says: Mission accomplished
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  • SNAPSHOT
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      Lock icon Man dies of bird flu in Shenzhen, southern China
      278 4 / 5 AFP A bus driver in southern China who contracted the bird flu virus died yesterday, health authorities said. It’s the nation’s first reported human case of the deadly disease in 18 months. The man, surnamed Chen, died in Shenzhen a boomtown
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      Lock icon Chinese national caught trying to sneak into Singapore
      133 4 / 5 A CHINESE national, aged 50, was caught at Woodlands Checkpoint trying to sneak into Singapore. The driver of the Malaysian-reg-istered car the woman was hiding in was also arrested. The Immigration Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said that at about 7.30am yesterday, its officers
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      26 4 / 5 EYE-CATCHING: Staff members of He Garden in Yangzhou, China, welcoming the new year with special 2012 glasses shaped like a dragon yesterday. PICTURE: XINHUA
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      Lock icon We have every reason to be confident
      583 4 / 5 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s New Year message: The economy grew 4.8 per cent in 2011, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in his New Year message yesterday. The year 2012 looks to be a difficult one for the global economy, and Singapore
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      Lock icon S. Korea’s Lee vows to tame inflation, create jobs
      135 4 / 5 SOUTH Korea’s President Lee Myung Bak said that taming inflation and creating jobs would be two of his priorities in the new year. Mr Lee said in a New Year message that the situation on the Korean peninsula would be fluid
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      Lock icon Celebratory gunfire and firecrackers injure 200 in Philippines
      106 4 / 5 MORE than 200 people have been injured by illegal firecrackers and celebratory gunfire in the Philippines despite a government campaign against reckless New Year revelry, officials said yesterday. Stray bullets wounded eight peo- ple, and 197 were injured by powerful firecrackers from
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      Lock icon Cyclone Thane strikes Tamil Nadu, killing at least 33 people
      126 4 / 5 THE cyclone that unleashed heavy rains and winds over India’s south-eastern coast damaged hundreds of homes and uprooted trees, killing at least 33 people, officials and news reports said yesterday. Cyclone Thane struck Tamil Nadu state and the territory of
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      Lock icon BOOBOO BOX
      139 4 / 5 175kg The amount of contraband caviar found in a hospital morgue in St. Petersburg, Russia. Police officers nabbed a morgue employee and a businessman, who said the stash was to be a treat for hospital employees at a New Year’s party. 2.5 million The number of YouTube hits
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      Lock icon Wacky NEW YEAR traditions 2012
      220 4 / 5  -  ARTIST’S IMPRESSION The new year is celebrated differently in different corners of the world. We look at some of the more colourful ways people welcomed in the oldest of all holidays... CELESTINO GULAPA cel@sph.com.sg AUSTRIA Austrians predict the coming year by pouring molten lead into
      SOURCES: INFINITELYCRAZY.BLOGSPOT / RYANSEACREST.COM / UPI.COM /  -  220 words
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      Lock icon Our photo editor picks his pictures of the week
      222 6  -  During this time of revelry, bonhomie and excessive materialism a man was stabbed and another robbed at gunpoint, all because of Nike’s new US$180 (S$230) Air Jordan shoes these pictures leapt out at me. They were a timely reminder to be
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      Lock icon HAPPINESS INDEX
      161 6 We rate the past week’s news good and bad +10The Government looks set to supply land sites for 5,000 executive condominium homes next year and is tweaking a subsidised interim rental scheme to better serve Singaporean families in need. The three-quarter tank rule for vehicles entering Malaysia will
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  • PEOPLE
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      Lock icon Envy of many women
      1025 8 / 9  -  REPORTS SHAUN SOH shaunsoh@sph.com.sg The video captured the sweetest start to their lives together. And it had the online world tearing and cheering them on. At a time of fears over what seems like a New Year fraught with gloom, the online video of Mr Timothy
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      Lock icon Raise the heat, and the bar
      274 8 / 9 EPIC PROPOSAL http://youtu.be/UcrQWp5eUB4 The 15-minute video starts with Mr Justin Davis getting splashed with water by a woman at a dinner in front of girlfriend Nikki Marquez. Worried that her lover might be seeing another woman, a confused Ms Marquez starts sobbing. After Mr
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      Lock icon ‘Special’ candy laced with sex drugs
      484 10 Stimulants found in food, supplements in M’sia Beware the candy, chocolate or coffee with steamy images on its packaging promising to turn you into a Superman. These products, believed to be widely available all over Malaysia, can harm you instead of helping you perform
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      Lock icon Homeless kids homeless after fire razes home
      366 10 For the past six years, it has been home to orphans as well as children from poor and broken families. But The House of Joy, in PuchongPetaling Jaya, was razed after fire gutted the two-storey building. The disaster left about 35 underprivileged children
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      Lock icon Foreign stars more scandalous
      502 16 WHO: Rapper Chris Brown, 22 WHAT HE DID: Rihanna’s ex landed in the soup in 2009. In a heated argument with his then girlfriend, Brown turned violent. Rihanna subsquently appeared wearing large sunglasses, ostensibly to hide the bruises on her face. PRICE HE PAID: After Brown
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      Lock icon 20 12 Prepare for a crying time
      891 18 / 19  -  Parents fret and kids get the jitters as school opens on Tuesday. But experts say anguish can be avoided REPORTS BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg In two days’ time, two-year-old Amelie will be attending school for the very first time. It’s a rite of
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      Lock icon So sad, I could hardly breathe
      694 18 / 19  -  MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg Each December, I wade in and out of bookstores and sport retail outlets on a shopping spree. And it’s not for Christmas presents. The mission is to prepare my son and daughter for that first day back to school. Oh, and
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      Lock icon Tips to banish the blues
      396 18 / 19  -  These tips are provided by Ms Fiona Walker Walker, principal director of Julia Gabriel Centre for Learning and Chiltern House. 1 Build confidence Reassure your child that everything at home remains the same and that you will be there waiting for him/her after school. Talk
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      Lock icon Sick teen’s touching video before death
      247 22 / 23 Aweekbefore Ben Breedlove, 18, died, he posted a video. In it, he describes the peace and bright lights he found the other times his heart stopped. Ben tells his story with note cards and the occasional smile, sitting close to the camera and stepping
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      Lock icon From butcher to breast implants... MASTERMIND?
      550 22 / 23 Over400,000 women reportedly affected by his company’s defective silicone breast implants HE is the alleged mastermind behind the cheap breast implants which have raised fears in Australia, South America and across Europe. Reports said that over 400,000 women are affected by low-quality implants from
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      Lock icon Man did his best to spread HIV
      262 22 / 23 Hundreds of people may have been infected with HIV by a man who told police he’d been on a three-year mission to transmit the disease to as many people as he could. David Dean Smith (right), 51, turned himself in at a Michigan
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      Lock icon Single mum killed with ‘dreams’ found in pocket
      313 22 / 23 LIKE all people, Donna Fountain had dreams. The 38-year-old listed the five items in pencil under a simple headline “My Dreams” and carried it with her. The single mother had all the normal dreams like buying a house, seeing her son, Elijah,
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      Lock icon $18.5m prize claimed 2 hours before deadline
      255 22 / 23 Iowa Lottery officials have more questions than answers as they try to unravel a stunning mystery. A year-old winning ticket was turned in less than two hours before Thursday’s deadline for a jackpot worth up to US$14.3 million (S$18.5 million). Among the questions:
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      Lock icon Revealed: Ex-HP CEO scandal
      423 24 An employee fended off advances from her chief executive officer for two years before turning on him. Mr Mark Hurd, who is now president of Oracle, resigned as Hewlett-Packard CEO in August 2010 following an investigation by the company’s board of directors into the sexual harassment
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      Lock icon Splitsville for Russell Brand and Katy Perry
      251 24 COMEDIAN Russell Brand is divorcing Katy Perry after 14 months of what appeared to be a fairytale marriage. “Sadly, Katy and I are ending our marriage,” Brand said in a statement released on Friday. “I’ll always adore her and I know we’ll remain
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      Lock icon Is it tweet love for Rihanna and Chris Brown?
      269 24 Going by the tweets sent by the two, it certainly looks that way. US news website Huffington Post reported that the two pop superstars exchanged some interesting, and mysteriously coincidental, tweets. On Friday, Chris Brown tweeted: “Love U more than uknow!”
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      871 28 / 29 We’re doomed! Eventually, anyway. It’s logical that on a long enough timescale, human existence on planet Earth will hit a big fat zero. At some point, natural resources will run out, or the sun will go supernova on us, though that’s not for a while. But there are
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      Lock icon Five wild financial predictions for 2012
      365 28 / 29 Apple loses half of its value? Australia falls into recession? Unlikely? But Copenhagen-based Saxo Bank has come up with an annual list of outrageous predictions for the new year. Mr Steen Jakobsen, the bank’s chief economist, acknowledges that Saxo’s annual list of outrageous predictions
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      Lock icon 20 12 Ringing in the New Year
      1132 30 / 31 Is 2012 the year of financial arm aged don? The economic outlook seems grim. But are we worried? SHAUN SOH catches up with a few S’poreans on how they are feeling about the future Ms Nurdiana Rahmat Programming executive, 26 She is considering
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  • CONFESSIONS OF A RETAIL ASSISTANT
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      Lock icon ‘The ugliest customers abound during the festive period’
      766 12  -  JOYCE LIM Joycel@sph.com.sg When people do their last-minute shopping during the festive period, they tend to do some crazy things. For instance, as a retail assistant at a women’s fashion boutique at Bugis Junction reveals, they would grab as many clothes as
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  • GROUND ZERO A BOTTOM-UP PERSPECTIVE ON ISSUES
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      Lock icon You’re a star... SO WHAT?
      912 14 / 15  -  MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Tan Kee Yun REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg like it or not, celebrities know they have to answer to more than merely their loved ones and friends especially when they misbehave. By choosing to be in showbiz, artistes generally enter
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      Lock icon Bad boys & girls in local showbiz
      430 14 / 15  - Bad boys girls in local showbiz Compiled by Tan Kee Yun WHO: Veteran actor-director Huang Yiliang, 50 WHAT HE DID: Charged in court on Nov 9 for voluntarily causing hurt to a woman. He is accused of grabbing her by her neck and then pushing her, causing her to fall.
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      261 16 11 I treats U PjSm Dr Mi£7/ HE WJJ c c'.rST a comprehensive Don't miss your copy wit J, rev e ws, articles t 1 I KMe 5ecK'»ftftLe mdBHBMBBFQUB IN CINEMAS JANUARY 12 f I Rating: M18 Coarse Language Mark Wahlberg and Kate Beckinsale lead the cast of Contraband, a
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      108 20 PICTURE: UIP Win 120 pairs of movie tickets AN ex-convict playing an ex-con. Contraband is not a case of real vs reel, but this fast-paced thriller is surely right up Mark Wahlberg’s alley. Wahlberg (above) plays a former smuggler gone straight. But financial problems and a growing family lead him
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      416 26 / 27 ifmi V /7 b yCAtS Av the h^lkffx^l. The Singapore Turf Club isn't just about prestigious cups and high-octane racing action. Besides supporting numerous events, STC has become a premium venue for fund-raising events and lifestyle activities, as well as a choice platform for high net-worth networking. FUN TRENDY Family
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      600 32 / 33 J A N SINGAPORE 2011 RACING FIXTURES 2012 95 RACE MEETINGS TO BE STAGED ON SINGAPORE RACECOURSE Date Day Feature races Surface 1 6 8 13 15 20 24 Sun Fri Sun Fri Sun Fri Tue Fri 27 $200,000 Group 3 New Year Cup (1,900m) Mixed Turf Mixed Turf Mixed
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  • LIVE RIGHT
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      924 34 Resolutions revelations Ask Ben Q A Hi Ben, how do you remain motivated to stay on a fitness regimen? Hansen Choo, 31, business analyst This is a great question for the New Year as a lot of people will be crowding gyms to burn off the excess calories from the
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  • EATS
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      Lock icon CORNED BEEF HASH
      502 35  -  HED CHEF HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg If you are nursing a New Year’s eve party hangover, corned beef hash Is British comfort food at its simplest and best. “It’s a recipe that will make you feel better and take the edge off the festivities,” says Mr Stuart Wadsworth,
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      310 35 Mr Stuart Wadsworth has been living in Singapore with his wife for the last 12 years. They have two daughters, aged four and one. Mr Wadsworth, a 35-year-old Briton who is a head of conference sales at a global media company, picked up cooking when he moved out
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      Lock icon Who cooks it best?
      594 36  -  We show, you choose THIS WEEK: LAKSA Compiled by ANNABELLE LIANG, FABIAN KOH Amy’s Laksa Block 58, New Upper Changi Road, #01 -176 Opens: 7am to 1 pm daily. Closed on Mondays The gravy is rich in coconut milk, making the dish a creamy delight. It’s
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      Lock icon Great ideas for party leftovers
      663 37  -  FOOD FOR THOUGHT VANESSA FRIDA tnp@sph.com.sg No worries If you don’t know what to do with that half-eaten turkey or roast chicken, mashed potatoes and other sides. Here are some creative ways of spicing up your Christmas and New Year dinner leftovers. Leftover turkey or
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  • SECRET SHOPPER
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      744 38 This busy little secret shopper barely has time for candle-lit dinners, let alone “long, candlelit bubble baths”. But that’s exactly what Lush wants us to do indulge, indulge, indulge. So when the bath-and-body product brand returned to Singapore last month (it was here but quietly left
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  • AFFORD/ASPIRE
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      Lock icon It’s a wrap
      383 39  -  Compiled by Benita Aw Yeong They’re normally seen on women who want to preserve their modesty, keep their hairdo in place or brighten up their outfits. But men are also taking to these wisps of textile. Celebrities like Brad Pitt and Kanye West have been spotted embracing
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      19 39 n Head to CATS FASTADS in The New Paper for job opportunities! [SAT3 BUY IT* SELL IT* FIND IT
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  • HUMOUR
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      Lock icon Why I like Christmas better than Chinese New Year
      626 40  -  Santa Claus seems less creepy than that God of Fortune chap ACT BLUR S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg It’s New Year’s Day already? I guess this means Christmas is really over. Yet I’m still seeing Christmas trees around town. (At least I
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      Lock icon My crystal ball predictions for 2012
      387 40  -  SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg JUST PAIK CHOO Can you forecast this year from what’s happened the lastyear? It’s harder now that changes have so accelerated that the global time unit to measure trends is now three months than say, three years. (For example
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    • REALLY? Odd news that’s for real
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        Lock icon Robber returns for beer
        95 40 AP Florida authorities said a man ordered a beer at a bar, left to rob a nearby bank, then came back to finish his beer. John Robin Whittle, 52, was arrested at the Hayloft Bar in Port Richey on Thursday afternoon. The local sheriff office said
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        Lock icon Stolen ring for his girl
        79 40 AP Giving his girlfriend a diamond engagment ring didn’t have the outcome a US man had hoped for. Burlington police say Ryan Jarvis, 25, is charged with stealing the US$3,200 (S$4,150) ring from a jewellery store. Jarvis asked to see a 1 -carat white gold
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        Lock icon Car on soda and candy
        86 40 AP The guys known for creating colourful geysers from Diet Coke and Mentos candies say they’ve set a distance record for a vehicle running on soda and candy. The men Fritz Grobe and Stephen Voltz created a car powered by 54 bottles of Coke Zero
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      716 41  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS tnp@sph.com.sg Ponder the ponding It’s the question on everyone’s lips: What the hell is the difference between flooding and ponding? Flooding is what happens when heavy rain, coupled with an ineffective drainage system, causes the water to rise at Liat Towers. Ponding, on the other hand, is
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      Lock icon BT’s Joyce Hooi wades into ‘ponding’ issue
      284 41 The following is an excerpt from the reporter’s column “Putting the ‘pond’in an imponderable” in the Saturday Soapbox section published in yesterday’s The Business Times Weekend. Last week, in what must have been a display of semantics worthy of Defcon 1, the PUB
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  • Page 41 Miscellaneous
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  • WHEELS
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      Lock icon A heads up on helmets
      692 42  -  Before you buy a motorcycle helmet, know what you’re paying for. All bike helmets sold here must be PSB-approved. Tests are done to ensure the integrity of the shell, visor, retention system and impact-absorbing foam inside ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg BIKER BOY It’s amazing how
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  • TV
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      Lock icon My fave shows for 2011
      670 43  -  JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg Most TV columnists would give you their Top 10 or 20 picks for a year. But seriously, who cares about a show that came in 20th? I like the way they do it in the Olympics, where the Top 3 get their
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  • Page 43 Miscellaneous
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      70 43 y "MINO-BLBWINE STUNTS PTUTOUMTU B TBM CHUISE HIMSELF CBBUJ Joshua Sim, 18, Student THE ACTIBN SCENES ABE STB Goh Wei Yong, 32, Business Develonttf E IN m M IMA HOW SHOWIHDIH CIHIMS MO ‘Based on Dec 16-18 weekend’s results. Violence Admission allowed for children aged 13 and below 1 'L--
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  • RACING
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      Lock icon DRAGON SPIRIT (Race2 No. 1)
      208 44 / 45  -  BESTBET TAN THEAN LOON Everything points to DRAGON SPIRIT taking Race 2 at Kranji today, the opening day of the 2012 Singapore racing season. The Theo Kieser-trained three-year-old has improving form (5-5-3-2 from four starts); he won a trial in the fastest time last week
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S AUSTRALIA (DOOMBEN/MORPHETTVILLE) RESULTS
      485 44 / 45 RACE 1 (Doomben) Race abandoned and all bets refunded. RACE2(Morphettville) 1st 7 Streetcar Reality ($10-$6) 2nd 1 Verco Road ($17) 3rd 3 Believe In More ($7) 4th 10 Protector. Forecast $36. Place forecast $22 (1-3), $10 (1-7), $5 (3-7). Tierce $122. Trio $25. Quartet No winner
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      Lock icon TODAY’S SINGAPORE (SHORT COURSE A/POLYTRACK) RACE CARD
      2078 44 / 45 GOING FORECAST: GOOD (TURF& POLYTRACK) RACE 1 C4 D2 12.50 -1400m(Turf) Stakes: $55,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex, trainer-owner) 1 *****1 Predictable 58 (60) D McDonogh 9 (4ag S Burridge-Happiness Come) 2 0--0- Petronius Maximus 57.5 (59) R
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      Lock icon SUNDAY TIPS
      563 44 / 45 Andrew Frost RACE 1 Mr X Brian Miller Tan Thean Loon 4 Quite A Man Quite A Man Ok Ok 8 6 8 Dreamcatcher 4 Quite A Man 1 4 1 Predictable Predictable Predictable Dreamcatcher 1 8 1 6 Dreamcatcher Ok Ok Predictable Martel Ok Ok Martel Quite
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      Lock icon Freedman’s rising star can win with Distinction
      2308 46 / 47 ANDREW FROST’S COMMENTS ON TODAY’S KRANJITURF/POLYTRACK MEETING RACE 1 (1,400m) 1 Predictable)))Turned some consistent form into a solid win and should prove hard to beat again. 2 Petronius Maximus)Blinkers added but still hard to recommend. 3 Always Happy))Did it tough from bad gate
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S AUSTRALIA (ASCOT/TOOWOOMBA) RESULTS
      588 46 / 47 RACE 1 (Ascot) 1st 1 Wicked Game($16-$5.10) 2nd 2 Elusive Image ($5.10) 3rd 5 Rio Spark ($14) 4th 8 Key Lock. Forecast $4. Place forecast $2.50 (1-2), $9 (1-5), $6 (2-5). Tierce $43. Trio $11. Quartet $418. Quadro $68. RACE 2 (Ascot) 1st 7 Ambers Kingdom
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S IPOH RESULTS
      730 46 / 47 Race 1 C4 (STRAIGHT) 1100m C4 (STRAIGHT) 1100m 9 LUCKY SORCERER 52.5 (61-18) 3 XWinning owner: Mdm J Goh. Trainer: N Azman. Time: 1min 05.30sec (Going: soft). Forecast: $60. Tierce: $445. Quartet: No winner ($1490 jackpot carried forward to next race). Malaysian W/P: RM134, RM36, RM20, RM23.
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      Lock icon Rain Of Thunder to strike in Race 2
      1222 48 / 49  -  TIPS AND COMMENTS BY PHILLIP WOO COURTESY OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB RACE 1 (1400m) SPEEDY (4) has yet to light the board this season, but was an improved sixth two starts back behind Benefactor over this trip. Each-way. POLYMER POWER
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      Lock icon TODAY’S HONG KONG (SHATIN) RACE CARD
      1664 48 / 49 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 CLASS 5TURF 1400m TIME 12:30 Stakes: HK$525,000 NO. HORSE NAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 M'S MAGIC P O'SULLIVAN Z PURTON 133 7 2 KING OF FISH II K L MAN D WHYTE 132 4 3 ALP'S GLORY C
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      Lock icon TODAY’S IPOH RACE CARD
      1707 48 / 49 GOING FORECAST: SOFT RACE 1 C4 1.40 -1100m (STRAIGHT) Stakes: RM55,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex, trainer-owner) 1 *****2 North To Alaska 57.5 (61) Jackson Low 14 (5nzg PK Leong-L&E) 2 7-2-22 My Diamond 55 (56) Lou Ho c1 10 (6ag
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      Lock icon TAN THEAN LOON’S IPOH TIPS
      114 48 / 49 RACE 1 2 My Diamond 1 North To Alaska 7 Joyful 5 Bring It On RACE 2 1 Brave Commander 3 Miyagisan 4 Flapjack 2 No Time ToWait RACE 3 1 Conundrum 4 Guan Yi 8 Speed Batman 14 Eternal Cheers RACE 4 7 Colourland
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      32 48 / 49 Saturday, Dec 31 2011 First Second Third 0223 8046 3686 Starters 7826 3615 1474 7573 3657 9185 3429 6211 9437 4499 Consolations 1018 4779 2286 8112 1768 0088 4457 9739 8796 7611
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  • NBA
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      Lock icon JAMES' HAPPY BIRTHDAY
      363 50 MINNESOTA 101 MIAMI 103 AFP LEBRON James celebrated his 27th birthday by scoring 34 points to lead Miami to another narrow NBA victory, 103-101 over the Minnesota Timberwolvesyesterdaymorning (Singapore time). James added 10 assists, eight rebounds and four steals. He delivered the pass for Dwyane Wade’s game-winning
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      Lock icon Ferrer shocks Nadal to set up final clash with Djokovic
      262 50 TENNIS AFP DAVID Ferrer stunned fellow Spaniard Rafael Nadal in straight sets yesterday morning (Singapore time) to set up a final showdown against world No. 1 Novak Djokovic at the three-day Mubadala World Tennis Championship exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi.
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    • Article
      Lock icon Honours for McIlroy and Clarke
      141 50 GOLF Reuters BRITISH golfers Rory McIlroy and Darren Clarke capped an outstanding year when they were recognised in Queen Elizabeth’s New Year Honours List yesterday. McIlroy, 22, will have an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) to show for his efforts after
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  • EPL
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      Lock icon Kaka could fit in at United
      1117 51  -  Our columnist PAUL PARKER tells DAVID LEE who he thinks the top six should be looking at if they intend to shop in the January transfer window PAUL PARKER npsports@sph.com.sg MANCHESTER CITY Well the thing about City is I don’t think they can get
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    • Article
      Lock icon NEVER GO BACK? NOT THESE
      445 54 Here are five other players who have ignored the “never go back adage, with varying degrees of success PA Sport IAN RUSH AFTER 139 goals in 224 appearances for Liverpool, the Wales international striker joined Juventus in the summer of 1987, but less than 14
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      Lock icon Wenger mesmerised by magical Henry
      537 54 Wire Services It was love at first sight, or perhaps the second. Arsene Wenger knew on the first day he saw Thierry Henry back at Arsenal’s training ground that he wanted to re-sign the star. That special something the va-va-voom was still there, even if
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      Lock icon Donovan’s ready to give Everton lift-off
      802 55 EVERTON loan signing Landon Donovan believes he is a better player now than he was in his first spell with the Toffees. The United States international has returned for a second two-month spell, having done the same in the early part of2010. He played
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      Lock icon Mancini’s wish: Good start to 2012
      701 56 / 57  -  YOUR ENGLISH KAKI IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg With an FA Cup win, qualification for the Champions League and that incredible 6-1 win at Old Trafford, Manchester City had an amazing 2011. Now Roberto Mancini will look to start 2012 on a high when he takes
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon MARIO BECOMING A DRAG
      776 56 / 57 City boss unhappy with striker’s smoking habit PA Sport Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini has told enigmatic striker Mario Balotelli to quit smoking but will not play the overbearing parent. Balotelli, who continues to attract as much attention for his antics off-field as for his performances
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon ‘Hello 2012, I’m back’
      971 58 AFP LIVERPOOL 3 (Craig Bellamy 29, 67, Steven Gerrard 78) NEWCASTLE 1 (Daniel Agger 25-og) Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish admitted he is glad to see the back of 2011 because he believes 2012 could be a bigyear for Steven Gerrard. Gerrard ended a troubled 12 months
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      Lock icon AVB to PSG: Don’t bother poaching
      673 59 PA Sport No way, period. That was the response Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas had for his predecessor Carlo Ancelotti as he told him to forget about poaching players from him and questioned why any of them would want to join Paris St Germain anyway.
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    • SOCCER SHORTS
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        Lock icon Capello’s opinion not shared
        222 59 PA Sport THE GERMAN Football Association (DFB) has been left seething at Fabio Capello’s criticism over their recruitment policy. Speaking in Dubai yesterday, Capello said rules should be brought in that prevented clubs “stealing” youngsters from another country, which in turn tips the balance on the
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      • Article
        Lock icon Bristol City end Saints’ 24-match unbeaten run
        114 59 AFP Bristol City shattered Southampton’s 24-match unbeaten home league record as Stephen Pearson’s late goal clinched a surprise 1-0 win at St Mary’s yesterday morning (Singapore time). Pearson converted 11 minutes from time to give the Robins their first victory in six matches
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  • SPORTS CALENDAR
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      Lock icon 2012
      445 52 / 53 JANUARY 8 10 Singapore Canoe Marathon 11-15 14 15 16-29 26-31 Malaysian Super League kick-off Asian/Singapore Windsurfing Open Asean Basketball League opener Safra AVventura Australian Open (tennis) Singapore Straits Regatta (sailing) FEBRUARY 9 11-19 23-26 25 25 S-League kick-off ATP Challenger (tennis) HSBC Women’s Champions (golf) Singapore Duathlon Netball
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  • Page 54 Miscellaneous
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      112 54 SPORTS BETTING League Home Team Away Team (sin^^e K d^,le) JCup E Premier Kyoto Sanga West Bromwich FC Tokyo Ever ton Sun, 01/01/12 1.00pm Sun, 01/01/12 8.30pm This match is played on neutral ground. For fixtures of all other E Premier and E League Champ, please visit Singapore Pools website.
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      42 59 Go Lions! We’re looking for Have a cheer? the next Kallang Roar! Submit your cheers and songs in support of the LionsXII in the Malaysia Cup by Jan 30 and stand to win some great prizes! Head to tnp.sg for more details
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  • BACK IN M-LEAGUE AND M’SIACUP
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      Lock icon Football fever at its highest
      135 60 / 61 Calling all diehard Lions fans, are you in any of these pictures? If you are, we want to talk to you. E-mail your details and contact number to npsports@ sph.com.sg CUBS AND CUP: A family, with a pair of twins showing their feline affinity, are
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      Lock icon Tickets sold out, so we had to climb the gates
      483 60 / 61  -  DIEHARD FAN RECALLS: SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg Even though it took place almost 40 years ago, Thiyaga Raju remembers his first Malaysia Cup game like it was yesterday. “Singapore played Penang in the Malaysia Cup semi-finals of 1974, and it
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      Lock icon Yasir on right track
      751 62 / 63  -  DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg Not many local footballers have had the opportunity to play in front of football legends Pele and Eric Cantona, much less score. But Manchester United fan Yasir Hanapi grabbed his chance with aplomb when his former club Geylang United took on the Courts
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      Lock icon Prime League to prime time
      526 62 / 63  -  Al F a i z co m i n g t o t erms w i t h b e i n g i n li m e li g h t DILENJIT SINGH dilen@sph.com.sg His former coach R Balasubramaniam joked that only he and
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    • Article
      Lock icon FAS to beef up junior centres’ count
      353 62 / 63  -  DAVID LEE OVER the years, the likes of Izwan Mahbud, Safuwan Baharudin, Hariss Harun, Shahdan Sulaiman and Khairul Nizam have risen through the youth ranks to become senior Lions. And the Football Association of Singapore will multiply its youth development efforts as they
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    • ON TV
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        Lock icon FOOTBALL
        109 62 / 63 LIVE TELECASTS EPL Tonight: I WEST BROM v EVERTON SingTel mio TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium), 8.30pm I SUNDERLAND v MAN CITY SingTel mio TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium), 11 pm Tomorrow: I WOLVES v CHELSEA SingTel mio TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium), 11 pm Tuesday: I FULHAM v
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        Lock icon NBA
        138 62 / 63 Today: I SACRAMENTO KINGS v NEW YORK KNICKS StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 9am Tomorrow: I DENVER NUGGETS v LA LAKERS StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports), 9am I CHICAGO BULLS v MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 9am Tuesday: I DETROIT PISTONS v ORLANDO MAGIC StarHub
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        Lock icon TENNIS
        14 62 / 63 QATAR EXXONMOBIL OPEN Thursday: I QUARTER-FINALS StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 8.30pm
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      Lock icon MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
      502 64  -  ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg There were three objectives to the Lions’ four-day tour of Malaysia. Team building, match fitness and to show improved teamwork on the pitch. Check, check and check. In fact, add a bonus to the list character, a willingness to fight to the end and for
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