The New Paper, 20 January 2012

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    • 163 20 FROM READER ISHWAR MAHTANI Ministerial salaries I READ with much interest the recent discussion on the ministerial salaries. Although there have been numerous exchanges between the various MPs and much feedback from the public on this matter, I sympathise with the thoughts of
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    • 468 20 FROM READER MARIETTA KOH I WAS really tickled by your column, “God of Fortune as good as Santa Claus” (The New Paper On Sunday, Jan 8). It was truly a glib comeback in response to the letter writer who felt you were insensitive
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  • Show
    • 1202 21  -  REPORT CHARLENE CHUA cchar@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Joanne Soh WE NOT Naughty child actor Amos Yee has come under fire for, well, being naughty. A 1min 40sec video titled Chinese New Year that he uploaded on YouTube last
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    • 598 23  -  a1 says it sings, plays and writes its own songs REPORT GERALD GOH ggerald@sph.com.sg A BAND isn’t a real band unless its members play their own instruments. Christian Ingebrigtsen of reunited Brit-ish-Norwegian boy band a1 insists that he, Mark Read and Ben Adams
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    • 290 23 AP JESSICA Alba has a new “baby”. The US actress has launched an e-commerce company at Honest.com named after her three-year-old daughter Honor to sell eco-friendly and toxic-free baby products like diapers, shampoo and laundry detergent for a monthly subscription. Alba, who had her
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    • Star Treks
      • 724 24 / 25  -  SingerJonathan Leong indulges in passions during two-week trip Globe-trotting celebs share their holiday snaps and stories REPORT GERALD GOH ggerald@sph.com.sg MUSIC, art and nature. Local singer Jonathan Leong considers these to be the only valid reasons for travelling overseas. The 30-year-old who emerged second to
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    • Spotted
      • 183 26 Who was where, and doing what? Here’s a round-up of the latest celebrity sightings in the region and Hollywood WHO: Mariah Carey, 41 WHERE: Washington DC WHAT: The US singer tearily accepted the award for Best Entertainer at the BET Honors 2012 from her husband, US actor-host
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      • 90 26 WHO: Justin Bieber, 17 WHERE: Las Vegas WHAT: What’s old is new again. The Canadian pop superstar made a pit stop at the Consumer Electronics Show in Sin City to help Vietnamese electronics company TOSY unveil its latest toy, the mROBO Robot, reported E! News. But what
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      • Article, Illustration
        122 26 WHO: Demi Moore, 49 WHERE: Los Angeles WHAT: A visibly emaciated Moore made her first red carpet outing for the charity event Cinema For Peace since news of her divorce from US actor Ashton Kutcher broke last November, sparking more fears over her weight loss. The US
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      • 101 26 WHO: Olivia Munn, 31 WHERE: Los Angeles WHAT: The US actress unveiled her new naked billboard in support of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’ (Peta) I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur campaign along a busy West Hollywood street. Munn, who recently bared
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
    • 257 27 THE A TEAM:Judges Mary Murphy (left) Nigel Lythgoe with host Cat Deeley. WATCH ’EM PICTURES: AXN, CLOVER FILMS Breathing Fire: Secret Weapon Of The Somme BBC Knowledge (StarHub Ch 407), 9.05pm In this new documentary special, historian Peter Barton and archaeologist Tony Pollard travel to northern France to find secret
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    • 134 31 GENERAL ASST CUM RIDERS for a Pizza Shop. Part-Time/Full-Time positions available. Bike will be provided. Call: 8182 3310. DESPATCH cum BILL COLLECTOR -Basic $1600+commission $3200-$3500 -Must have own bike -6 days work (Mon-Sat: 2pm-11pm) -M’sians welcome Walk in: 4PM-7PM No. 52-56 Joo Chiat Rd Call: 6842 7868 Manickam Delivery Services(S)
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  • Racing
    • 1929 33 ANDREWFROST’S COMMENTS ON TODAY’S KRANJI TURF/POLYTRACK RACES RACE1 (1,000m) 1 El Patron))Not that far away last start and going OK since dropping to Class 4. Place chance. 2 Irish Lightning)))Honest and Poly form is good. Won a 1,000m barrier trial last week. Should win. 3
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    • 468 34 / 35 1 RACE Mr X Brian Miller Tan Thean Loon 2 2 Andrew Frost El Patron 2 Irish Lightning Irish Lightning Irish Lightning 3 3 3 Anavila Anavila 6 1 Gypsy Magic Anavila 7 4 3 Anavila 1 8 8 Gateaway Zac Warrior Speedy Phil 2 RACE 9 Speedy
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    • 282 34 / 35  -  BESTBET TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg FROM gate No. 3, he’s expected to charge to the lead from the word “go”. If he’s gets that, and a soft one at that, then it’s going to spell trouble for his Class 4 Div 2 rivals in
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    • 1705 34 / 35 RACE CARD GOING FORECAST: GOOD (TURF/POLYTRACK) RACE 1 C4 D2 6.20 -1000m(Polytrack) Stakes: $55,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex, trainer-owner) 1 7-8788 El Patron 57 (57) SH Low* c2 5 (7ag D Baertschiger-Auric) 2 *****4 Irish Lightning 56.5 (56) B
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    • 421 34 / 35  -  I TIPS AND COMMENTS BY GERMAINE MAHARAJ GERMAINE MAHARAJ RACE 1 (1,000m) 1 VILNIUS has some very nice form over 1,000m and rates a strong each-way chance against this field. 3 ROYAL TREASURE was hampered at the start last time and clearly deserves
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    • 206 36 7:10 Race 1 Maiden Plate 1000M Maiden Plate 1000M 1 VILNIUS FCoetzee (14) 60 2 SUNNE IN SPLENDOR KTeetan (9) 60 3 ROYALTREASURE K Minnie (18) 60 4 LONDON'S LEGEND M Byleveld (7) 7:45 Race 2 Maiden Plate (F M) 1600M 5 HEYTORO F
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    • 823 36 Friday EUROPE 8:50 PM 1 CLASS 5 €4,200 MAIDEN STAKES 1000m No Form Name 1 55 2 *****6 3 67 4 *****7 5 63 6 527 Saint Boniface Thorpe Bay Cambridge Duchess Marie’s Fantasy Place That Face Pucon Age Wgt Draw Jockey Win% Trainer Win% 3
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    • 994 37  -  KRANJI BARRIER TRIALS TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg TRAINER Laurie Laxon’s newcomer MEL caught the eye in the first of five trials at Kranji yesterday. Ridden by champion jockey Joao Moreira, the four-year-old chestnut New Zealand-bred came from an eight-length last to beat another nice and speedy newcomer
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  • Sports
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      589 52  -  objection untenable adjective (especially of a position or view) not be maintained or defended able to attack or against S MURALI SPORTS EDITOR muralis@sph.com.sg UNTENABLE.I must have heard the word about 100 times since Tuesday. Prior to that, I cannot recall the last time I heard someone use it
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    • Australian Open
      • 658 38 / 39 AFP ANDY Murray thinks that his infamous outbursts of swearing were nothing compared with the bad old days of tennis, as he powered into the third round at the Australian Open yesterday. The British fourth seed overpowered Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 in
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      • 327 38 / 39 Reuters WHACK. Whack, whack, whack. Whack. Whack. Four broken rackets, US$1,250 ($1,600) worth of fines and more than 300,000 hits on YouTube was all it needed for Marcos Baghdatis (right) to enter Australian Open folklore. Video footage of the 26-year-old Cypriot’s spectacular
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      • 331 38 / 39 Reuters RUSSIA’S golden girl Maria Sharapova spent only 64 minutes disposing of an American qualifier to reach the third round of the Australian yesterday, before setting her mind on a life-long goal to win a medal for Russia at the Olympics. With three Grand Slams, 24
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      • 476 38 / 39 Five-time champion wins 500th match, but says injured ankle still giving her problems Reuters SERENA Williams said before the start of the Australian Open that even with just two warm-up matches under her belt, she was ready for Melbourne. More than ready it seems. The American,
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    • Mad About Golf
      • 284 40 ARNOND Vongvanij of Thailand rose from his sick bed to fire a superb eight-under 64 for the joint-lead after the second round of the Asian Tour Qualifying School Final Stage yesterday. Arnond was still feeling the effects of food poisoning he suffered on
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      • 458 40  -  RONALD LOH rloh@sph.com.sg CHRISTABEL Goh has unfinished business at the HSBC Women’s Champions. The 23-year-old won the local qualifying tournament last year to earn a coveted spot in the star-studded field. But her debut turned into a nightmare as she finished last in 63rd spot
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      • 228 40 NBA AFP LA CLIPPERS 91 DALLAS MAVERICKS 89 CHAUNCEY Billups drained a game-winning three-pointer with just one second remaining, as the Los Angeles Clippers edged out the reigning NBA champions Dallas Mavericks 91-89 yesterdaymorning (Singapore time). Billups, who is nicknamed Mr Big Shot, started the play
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      • 203 40 BOXING AFP MANNY Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum said on Wednesday that the next time the Filipino superstar steps into the ring, it won’t be against unbeaten American Floyd Mayweather. Arum told Sports Illustrated’s website that it doesn’t make sense financially for Pacquiao and
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    • African Nations Cup
      • 554 41 AFP CHELSEA striker Didier Drogba could be walking into the last-chance saloon when the doors of the 2012 African Nations Cup swing open tomorrow. At 33, he must realise time is not on his side and goalkeeper Boubacar Barry, 32, midfielder Didier Zokora, 31,
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      • 393 41 AFP THE 2012 African Nations Cup is the stage on which Rus-sia-based striker Seydou Doumbia could well force his way into the galaxy of stars from the Ivory Coast. Didier Drogba, Yaya and Kolo Toure, Gervinho, Salomon Kalou and Chiek Tiote are already well known
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    • Copa del Rey
      • 385 42 Real player stamps on Messi, gets criticised by netizens and Rooney Wire Services QUARTER-FINALS, FIRST LEG REAL MADRID 1 (Cristiano Ronaldo 11) BARCELONA2 (Carles Puyol 49, Eric Abidal 77) REAL Madrid’s Pepe received criticism from the Spanish press, netizens and even Wayne Rooney after yesterday morning’s Copa
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      • 494 42 How the match went: Wire Services ERIC Abidal netted a rare but superbly-tak-en goal to give Barcelona a 2-1 comeback win at holders Real Madrid in a Copa del Rey quarter-final first leg yesterday morn- ing (Singapore time). The France fullback (right), who extended his
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    • EPL
      • 514 44 PA Sport YOUNES Kaboul has hit back in the war of words with Manchester City and insisted: You aren’t scary. City’s Joleon Lescott claimed this week that they do not see third-placed Spurs as a major title threat. Kaboul, though, reckons Harry Redknapp’s men
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      • 355 44  -  ALI KASIM THINK you’re good enough to be part of the First XI? Then prove it “survivor” style on live television in Singapore’s first-ever reality football show, The First XI. Under the watchful eyes of Liverpool legend Steve McMahon and ex-national defender R Sasikumar,
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      • 406 45 Lindegaard to de Gea: PA Sport MANCHESTER United goalkeeper Anders lindegaard believes teammate David de Gea will definitely be the No. 1 at Old Trafford one day but has warned the Spaniard he could face a long wait. Lindegaard (right) has played United’s last
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      • 450 45 AFP ENGLISH star midfielder David Beckham has signed a new two-year deal with the Los Angeles Galaxy, saying his family is “settled” and he hopes to stay long term in the United States. “My family and I are incredibly happy and settled
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      • 792 46 / 47  -  MAC ATTACK IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com. sg IN ENGLAND today, there are 2.7 million people out of work. Energy prices are soaring, old people are unable to heat their homes as the temperature drops below freezing. Businesses are folding, homes are being repossessed
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      • 284 46 / 47 UNREASONABLE Wire Services IS THIS a case of too fast, too soon? Danny Welbeck (right) may have let his early success this season get to his head, after making astronomical demands over the terms of a new contract. The Manchester United starlet, 21, has emerged
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      • 114 46 / 47 UNHAPPY Wire Services DANIEL Sturridge may be forced to leave Chelsea as the club have delayed talks over a new deal. The 22-year-old (above), who has two years left on his current deal, has attracted interest from a number of rival clubs following the
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      • 190 46 / 47 UNREPENTANT Wire Services MANCHESTER United starlet Ravel Morrison insists that he has never turned down a contract offer from the club, despite manager Sir Alex Ferguson claiming he had last week. Morrison (right), 18, is highly rated by United and has been tipped for a
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      • 437 46 / 47 PA Sport CHELSEA captain John Terry is glad to have some unhappy players in the squad as the Blues look to fight their way back into the English Premier League title race. Much has been made of Andre Villas-Boas’ rotation policy this season, which has
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    • S-League
      • 431 48 / 49  -  THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg THE S-League lost out on having a star name strut his stuff here for the coming season. The New Paper understands that former Fulham defender Zeshan Rehman was just days away from signing for Singapore
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      • 294 48 / 49  -  SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ JUST $500 more, and Valery Hiek would have stayed at Home United. That’s what the 2009 S-League Player of the Year, who signed on the dotted line with Thai club Bangkok Glass earlier this month, revealed to The New Paper. “I asked
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      • 495 48 / 49  -  Malaysian side will be based in KL, likely to play at Yishun DILENJIT SINGH dilen@sph.com.sg THEY weren’t set targets by their management, who espoused a mantra of development for Harimau Muda’s inaugural season in the S-League. But their coach Ong Kim Swee is
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      • 454 48 / 49 Wire Services THE SEASON may have been barely two weeks’ old, but Kedah, Selangor and even Kelantan are already reviewing their foreigners’ future. Kedah coach Nidzam Adzha Yusof wants to discuss hiring new foreigners with the team’s management before the
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    • Malaysian Super League
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