The New Paper, 29 January 2012

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      55 1 Rebuilding life after CPIB probe GLENN KNIGHT: 7 LIVERPOOL 2 MAN UTD 1 27 Evra: Victim or villain? 50 PICTURE: BERITA HARIAN EXCLUSIVE FORMER CNB HEAD NG BOON GAY IN CORRUPTION PROBE He was investigated and warned once before 10 LIONSXII 0 T’GANU 1 My fault, says Hariss Harun57 facebook.com/thenewpaper
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Zero tolerance against public sector graft
      456 2  -  EUGENE WEE eugenew@sph.com.sg There is a line that the police trot out often: Low crime doesn’t mean no crime. That works for corruption as well low corruption doesn’t mean no corruption. Singapore has had the reputation of having one of the cleanest governments in
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      137 2 FEATURES 7 From the ashes Ex-CAD director Glenn Knight on rebuilding his career after conviction 10 Ex-CNB chief probed Ng Boon Gay was also investigated in 2010 14 Shipwrecked Couple recount nightmare cruise 18 Bookshop blues Indie stores not giving up SPORTS 50 Liverpool v Man U Evra pays for
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      433 3 fc*. >! 1 I M v#* X i\\\\\\vl Touch the Future. OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY •Top 40 UK University in Computer Sciences IT UK Guardian, Good University Guide 2012 The Best Modern University for 10 years in a row The Sunday Times, Good University 2011 91% of its graduates were employed
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  • SNAPSHOT
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      Lock icon Myanmar to offer tax break to foreign firms
      259 4 / 5 AFP Myanmar’s government said yesterday it planned to offer eight-year tax exemptions to foreign investors as Western companies “rushed” to build ties with the one-time international pariah. Industry Minister U Soe Thane (above) told reporters yesterday there had been huge interest in
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      Lock icon Online report on SAF serviceman’s death a hoax: Mindef
      122 4 / 5 AN online report yesterday that a full-time national serviceman had been shot dead during a live firing exercise on Friday is a hoax. The report appeared on an online tech forum and Temasek Review’s Fa- cebook fan page, then went viral.
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      Lock icon Needy will get more help: PM
      528 4 / 5 PICTURE BIG As economy slows down... Amid signs of an economic slowdown in the Year of the Dragon, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has pledged more help for the needy and the elderly. Lower-income households, said Mr Lee, are the most vulnerable to the
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      Lock icon Key members resign from Singapore People’s Party
      112 4 / 5 SIX members have resigned from the Singapore People’s Party, ahead of a party congress today. They include its first assistant sec-retary-general, Mr Wilfred Leung, and former civil servant Benjamin Pwee, who were widely tipped to suc- ceed Mr Chiam See Tong. Members said
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      Lock icon Protest against greater US role in the Philippines
      116 4 / 5 AFP ABOUT 50 members of the leftist New Nationalist Alliance (Bayan) in the Philippines picketed the US embassy yesterday vowing to launch a campaign opposing a plan to allow more US troops in the country. “If we allow more US troops to
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      Lock icon India’s ruling party faces poll tests amid violence
      128 4 / 5 AFP VOTERS cast ballots in Manipur as rebels shot dead five people at a polling station in the north-eastern Indian state yesterday. The voting in Manipur was the first of five assembly elections viewed as a mini-referendum for Premier Manmohan Singh’s embattled
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      Lock icon BOOBOO BOX
      152 4 / 5 17 The age of a Birmingham girl who collapsed and was rushed to hospital, the result of her poor diet. Stacey Irvine ate nothing but chicken nuggets since she was two. Doctors said she had anaemia and swollen veins in her tongue. S$20,000 His job was to guard
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      Lock icon REVEALING S’PORE’S HISTORY IN STREET NAMES
      59 4 / 5  -  An exhibition tracing the origins of street names is now open at the National Library Building. The “Stories Behind Singapore Streets” exhibition looks to educate visitors on Singapore’s heritage. More than 100 street names are featured, together with their stories, maps and old photos.
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      Lock icon Our photo editor picks his pictures of the week
      139 6  -  These photos show the power of the abstract. Through the creative, if irregular, use of reflection, shadow and cropping these images prove that the action and emotion of a scene can still be captivating. It’s a matter of seeing things a
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      Lock icon HAPPINESS INDEX
      113 6 We rate the week’s news good and bad The chiefs of the Singapore Civil Defence Force and the Central Narcotics Bureau have been replaced after coming under a probe by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau. Inflation hit a three-year high of 5.2 per cent last year and is
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  • PEOPLE
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      Lock icon My life changed in just one morning
      54 7 From prosecutor and director of the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) to being a criminal and now reinstated as a lawyer, Glenn Knight has lived the talk of the town: The CPIB probe and fall from grace in civil service. Full story next page.
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      Lock icon Losing control was the hardest thing
      1547 8 / 9  -  After going from top prosecutor and director ofthe Commercial Affairs Department to joblessness in a one-room flat, Glenn Knight says he is kinder in his views, even to the two senior civil servants facing a CPIB probe now REPORT: BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg WHEN
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      Lock icon Fall from grace, then back in place
      330 8 / 9 March 1991: Senior state counsel Lawrence Ang replaces Mr Glenn Knight as director of the Commercial Affairs Department. Two-month CPIB probe begins for Mr Knight. He is 46. April 1991: He suffers a mild heart attack and is hospitalised. May 1991: He is
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      Lock icon Warning letter was ‘spot on his record’ but...
      914 10 / 11  -  REPORTS: MELVIN SINGH, ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF tnp@sph.com.sg One of the two top Home Team officers caught In a graft probe had been called up before in 2010. Mr Ng Boon Gay was then Director of the Criminal Investigation Department. As the Corrupt
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      Lock icon The woman who changed two men’s worlds forever
      619 10 / 11 Sensual Is apt, said her colleagues. Not vulgar, but elegant. In fact, refined with the right amount of gentle touching that sizzles. Always immaculately dressed, the femme fatale caught up in the ongoing corruption probe is a real head-turner. The New Paper
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      Lock icon They’re mad about Macs
      535 17  -  REPORT: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF, SHAUN SOH tnp@sph.com.sg Why would anyone keep hold of an obsolete computer? Ronnie Ng still holds on to his tangerine coloured iMac G3 a computer first released in 1998 and discontinued in 2003. “It still works but the problem is that the
      Sources: Apple.com, CNN, BBC, MBAonlline; TNP INFOGRAPHICS: JONATHAN ROBERTS  -  535 words
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      Lock icon Books’ end?
      1046 18 / 19  -  With Borders and Page One closing down, we ask these independent booksellers: Is this... REPORT: SHAUN SOH shaunsoh@sph.com.sg Running a bookshop in Singapore must seem like a losing proposition. Borders closed down last year and come Feb 19, home-grown Page One will cease retail operations and focus on
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      Lock icon ‘I want to do better for myself’
      605 20 Homeless US biology whiz wins scholarship, gets invited to State of the Union Address She is a straight-A high school student, studies Italian, plays the violin and is passionate about shellfish. On Tuesday, the 18-year-old was an invited guest at the White House
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      Lock icon $28m payout for man left in solitary cell for 22 months
      362 20 A US man has been awarded US$22 million (S$28 million) for inhumane treatment after being jailed in solitary confinement for 22 months in New Mexico. Mr Stephen Slevin, 57, said he suffered clinical depression after being jailed on charges
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      Lock icon They want new ideas to tackle economic crisis
      638 21 WHILE the world’s movers and shakers are hunkering down at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, another forum is taking place. This one is in the south, in Porto Alegre, Brazil. It is the World Social
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      Lock icon Boss of ailing UK bank gets flak for $2m bonus
      404 21 Overnight, he became the symbol of greed in Corporate Britain. State-rescued Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) announced late on Thursday that CEO Stephen Hester had been awarded an annual bonus of£963,000 (S$1.9 million). Despite that being less than half of
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      Lock icon ‘She’s shaking, convulsing, burning up’
      524 22 Details of call for help from Demi Moore’s friends revealed Actress Demi Moore smoked something before she was rushed to the hospital on Monday night. She was convulsing and “semi-conscious, barely,” said a caller on a frantic emergency call recording released on Friday by Los
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      Lock icon Exhaustion? It’s real but is also Hollywood’s blanket excuse
      290 22 This week, actress Demi Moore was rushed to hospital for what her publicist said was exhaustion. Last week, 30 Rock star Tracy Morgan was warded. The reason? Exhaustion due to the high altitude of Park City, Utah, where the Sundance Film
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      Lock icon Roar Singapore
      456 30 / 31  -  As the LionsXII continue their M-league campaign, fans are showing their true colours supporting our boys REPORT: BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg Support for the LionsXII team has come fast and furious, especially at home games in Jalan Besar Stadium. Faces are transformed into red-and-white canvases, while foreheads and
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  • GROUND ZERO A BOTTOM-UP PERSPECTIVE ON ISSUES
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      Lock icon Finding that dose of luck to ‘huat’
      1015 12 / 13  -  One punter comes up with intriguing strategy in bid to win the $10 Million Hong Bao Draw MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg It’s interesting to observe how the heartlanders take the Chinese New Year so seriously. Or, should we say, auspiciously. I was spending a
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      174 12 / 13 WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR YEAR-END BONUS UPGRADE FOR A BETTER FUTURE psb W Ararlpn Academy ■V VPSB Academy Certificate Diploma Programmes ('N' Levels, '0' Levels and ITE Graduates) BUSINESS IT Accounting Finance Banking Finance Business Administration/Management Fluman Resource Management Marketing Sales Management Supply Chain Management Tourism Hospitality Management Infocomm
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  • THEN & NOW
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      Lock icon ‘I will never go on a boat again’
      1128 14 / 15  -  Costa Concordia’s grounding on Jan 13 brings back memories for S’porean survivors of another cruise ship sinking 20 years ago REPORT: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg It was meant to be a sweet cruise for Mr Horace Pinto and his wife Lucy. But
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  • CONFESSIONS OF A FRONT OFFICE MANAGER
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      800 16  -  JOYCE LIM Joycel@sph.com.sg She is one of the first people to be informed when the police will be raiding the hotel that she works in. Janice (not her real name), 32, is a front office manager. As part of the job, she has to
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  • LIVE RIGHT
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      Lock icon Teasing your way to a healthier brain
      721 23  -  REPORT: NUR ASYIQIN MOHAMAD SALLEH asyiqins@sph.com.sg A puzzle a day could help keep Alzheimer’s at bay. Flex those brain muscles with a book or a bout of Sudoku and you may just lower your risk for the debilitating disease. But start early, or
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  • WHEELS
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      Lock icon Bikers, better be safe than cool
      582 24  -  BIKER BOY ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg We seldom see neck braces being worn by riders on our roads. I suspect the main reason bikers shun neck braces is the loss of the cool factor. Some would argue that riding a slick motorbike with what
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      Lock icon PROTECT YOUR NECK
      248 24 A rider’s neck remains vulnerable especially in accidents involving head injuries. But neck braces aim to change all that. Biker Boy sticks his neck out for two braces available here. Different off-road systems: There are essentially two types the open system from Omega Brace and the closed
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  • EATS
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      Lock icon Orh nee (Teochew yam paste)
      754 25  -  HED CHEF HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg It’s a traditional Teochew dessert that sends me straight back to my childhood. A spoonful of sticky, oily and deliciously sweet orh nee, which means yam paste in Teochew, conjures up happy memories of hearty family meals at Teochew restaurants.
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      Lock icon Who cooks it best? We show, you choose
      674 26  -  THIS WEEK: PRAWN NOODLES Compiled by FABIAN KOH, RENNIE WHANG Quan Fa Prawn Noodles Block 168 Toa Payoh Lorong 1 Kim Seng Eating House Opening hours: 6.30am to 5pm Tucked away in a quiet corner of Toa Payoh, this stall draws quite
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      Lock icon Eat healthily for less guilt
      740 27  -  FOOD FOR THOUGHT VANESSA FRIDA tnp@sph.com.sg like everyone else, I Indulged way, way too much over the festive season. From Christmas to Chinese New Year. I am a true-blue foodie, I just couldn’t say no to all the goodies. I stepped on the weighing scales,
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  • SECRET SHOPPER
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      Lock icon Oodles of surprises in store
      727 28 If you’re anything like this secret shopper, you’d have spent the second half of last week contending with a serious bout of back-to-work blues. You can hardly blame me, since the only activity I engaged in during the first half of the Chinese New Year
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  • AFFORD/ASPIRE
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      Lock icon Unlash the glamazon
      492 29  -  Valerie Koh Nude make-up looks are all the rage this season. Spice up your look by playing up your peepers with a coat of mascara or two. After all, eyes are the supposed windows of the soul and there’s nothing like a great mascara to make them
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  • HUMOUR
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      Lock icon She threw pie in my face over Oscar predictions
      633 32  -  ACT BLUR S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg Oscar time! With the announcement of the Academy Awards nominations last week, I’m reminded again as I am every year of how The New Paper on Sunday’s Ground Zero columnist Maureen Koh once threw a
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      Lock icon The kapow of giving out hongbao
      463 32  -  JUST PAIK CHOO SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg As a greying SYF (single yellow female) it becomes crystal clear with every passing year how the grey got there in the first place. A recent posting on that great public service space known as Facebook
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    • REALLY?
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        162 32 Odd news that’s for real An Air Canada flight’s take-off was delayed by four hours on Wednesday when a cat escaped from its carrier and hid in the cockpit wiring, airline officials said. The plane, bound for Toronto, was about to taxi at 5.30am from
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        Lock icon Go back to school!
        92 32 Red-faced officials quickly ground down a piece of pavement to replace a humiliating spelling error “SHCOOL X-NG” etched outside a building housing three schools in New York. Authorities blamed the blunder on a clueless contractor. The misspelled traffic alert created with industrial “textured tape” that permanently
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      865 33  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS tnp@sph.com.sg Chinese New Year took me back to myToa Payoh roots I returned to visit my adopted Singapore family (that is, the entire town). And like all Singaporeans who visit their family during Chinese New Year (CNY), it was a festive occasion of insults, criticisms and the
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  • TV
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      Lock icon Monster mash
      458 34  -  Death Valley pits idiot cops against vampires, zombies and werewolves JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg There’s something to be said for just not giving a dang. Death Valley is one of those shows where it seems like everyone involved probably just said “whatever” at every stage of the production process.
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      Lock icon Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
      280 34  -  JJ OFFICER JOE STUBECK (CHARLIE SANDERS) Some people aren’t as dumb as they look, but Officer Joe is. A kind-hearted family man, Joe is the sort who tries to put vampire hookers on the path to redemption, only to be disappointed in
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      Lock icon THE MUST-SEE THREE
      126 34 The Green Hornet HBO (StarHub Ch 601), 10pm Following the death of his father, an heir to a large empire teams up with his late dad’s assistant to become a masked crime-fighting team. Starring Seth Rogen, Jay Chou. Gulliver’s Travels FOX Movies Premium (StarHub Ch 622), 9pm
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  • RACING
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      Lock icon Cash Luck for the money
      2112 35 ANDREW FROST’S COMMENTS ON TODAY’S KRANJITURF/POLYTRACK RACES RACE 1 (1,400m) 1 Weowna Flyer))3YO from the UK making his debut with a few placings. Has gone OK at the trials and market best guide. 2 Grigora)))Doing best work late last time is a good sign and
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S NEW ZEALAND (RICCARTON PARK/TRENTHAM) & AUSTRALIA (ASCOT/TOOWOOMBA) RESULTS
      800 36 / 37 YESTERDAY’S NEW ZEALAND (RICCARTON PARK/TRENTHAM) AUSTRALIA (ASCOT/TOOWOOMBA) RESULTS RACE 1 (Riccarton) 1st 2 Patsy O’Reilly ($26-$10) 2nd 1 Abelard ($52) 3rd 8 Royal Governess ($9) 4th 3 Bumpy Halo. Forecast $359. Place forecast $67 (1 -2), $49 (1-8), $11 (2-8). Tierce No winner ($1456 jackpot carried forward to next race).
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      Lock icon TODAY’S SINGAPORE (LONG COURSE C/POLYTRACK) RACE CARD
      2034 36 / 37 GOING FORECAST: GOOD (TURF/POLYTRACK) RACE 1 MS D1 12.50 -1400m(Turf) Stakes: $35,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex, trainer-owner) 1 Weowna Flyer 59 (52) M Airy c3 9 (3irg M Clements-Weowna) 2 9526-4 Grigora 57.5 (49) SH Low* c2
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      Lock icon CASH LUCK (Race 5 No. 5)
      55 36 / 37 BESTBET I Up-and-com-ing horse who found the 1,400m a bit short last time out on Jan 6, when a neck second to Won’t Stop. He will relish the extra 200m in today’s Race 5. Trainer Michael Freedman has also added the blinkers to sharpen
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      Lock icon SUNDAY TIPS
      573 36 / 37 Andrew Frost 1 RACE Mr X Brian Miller Tan Thean Loon Grigora Roman Knight Grigora Roman Knight 2 8 3 8 2 Desert Viking 4 10 More Than Worthy 2 Grigora Handsome Bachelor Alpha Infinity 2 5 3 Alpha Infinity Roman Knight Grigora 8 8 Roman Knight More
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      Lock icon Top-form Spillaneall geared up for victory
      965 38 / 39 ITIPS AND COMMENTS COURTESY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS ELLERSLIE/PINJARRA RACE 1 Ellerslie (1,400m) 5 SOPHIA’S DREAM: Has impressed winning both runs this time in over 1,400m. Wide draw a bit of a concern. 14 PETTY CURY: Talented filly who tried hard when second
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      Lock icon TODAY’S NEW ZEALAND (ELLERSLIE) AND AUSTRALIA (PINJARRA) RACE CARD
      270 38 / 39 12:41 Race 1 ELLERSLIE 1400M ELLERSLIE 1400M 1 SING FOR THE SUN JASON JAGO 0) 58 2 JUNGLE KNIGHT MATTHEW CAMERON (161 58 3 BAZINSKY LEITH INNES (14) 58 4 THATZIT CHADORMSBY (6) 58 1:13 Race 2 ELLERSLIE 1600M HUGH BOWMAN
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      Lock icon Singapore-owned Warhorse faces barrier obstacle
      349 38 / 39  -  TAN THEAN LOON Singapore-owned WARHORSE has his task made a little difficult by drawing the second-widest of 16 runners in today’s NZ$1 million ($1.03 million) Karaka Million at Ellerslie in New Zealand. Owned by Tang Weng Fei and Thomas Loke of Jupiter Stable, Warhorse put
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S KUALA LUMPUR RESULTS
      1008 38 / 39 Race 1 C5 (LC) 1600m C5(LC) 1600m XWinning owner and trainer: B Brogan. Time: 1min 37.60sec (Going: good). Forecast: $819. Tierce: No winner ($***** jackpot carried forward to next race). Quartet: No winner ($3258 jackpot carried forward to next race). Malaysian W/P: RM167, RM49, RM79, RM36.
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      Lock icon Yesterday’s Australia (Sandown/Canterbury) results
      593 38 / 39 RACE 1 (Sandown) 1st 8 Great Dame ($21-$6) 2nd 10 Segue ($16) 3rd 11 The Good Wife ($8) 4th 12 Tranquera. Forecast $50. Place forecast $18 (8-10), $9 (8-11), $19 (10-11). Tierce No winner ($1616 jackpot carried forward to next race). Trio $74. Quartet No winner
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      Lock icon Mentor is hard to beat in Race 3
      1115 40 RACE 1 (1,600m) SUPER TEAM (4) is getting better with each start and looks a legitimate contender with a drop in grade. WATCH FIRST (2) has closed off late for two fourths from his eight starts this term and can wake up
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      Lock icon TODAY’S HONG KONG (SHA TIN) RACE CARD
      1534 40 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 CLASS 5TURF 1600m TIME 1:00 Stakes: HK$525,000 NO. HORSE NAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 ALP'S GLORY C S SHUM D BEADMAN 133 7 2 WATCH FIRST B K NG B PREBBLE 132 5 3 PRINCE OF SUNSHINE
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  • Page 36 / 37 Miscellaneous
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  • GOLF
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      Lock icon TERRIFIC TIGER
      700 41 Another bogey-free round sees Woods in joint-lead AFP Tiger Woods shared the joint-lead in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship after yesterday’s third round, firing a 66 to stand at 11 under for the tournament. That was level with England’s Robert Rock who also had a 66 and
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    • Article
      Lock icon Heat missed me, says high-flying Wade
      445 41 NBA Reuters MIAMI HEAT 99 NY KNICKS 89 THE Miami Heat have won eight of their nine games without Dwyane Wade but, after he returned with 28 points in yesterday morning’s (Singapore time) victory over the New York Knicks, the face of the franchise
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  • AUSTRALIAN OPEN
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      Lock icon VICTORIA-OUS
      648 42 / 43 Azarenka crowned Australian Open queen, world No. 1 AFP It was all over in 82 minutes, an unexpected whitewash in straight sets. Victoria Azarenka won her first Grand Slam title and became the new world No. 1 when she thrashed a disappointing Maria Sharapova in the Australian Open final
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      Lock icon WAR of WORDS
      776 42 / 43 Djokovic (left) and Nadal fire shots ahead of final All the top three’s charitable talk of new challengers ready to end their Grand Slam hegemony at the Australian Open has come to nothing. And the top two seeds Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal will contest their third
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  • AFRICAN NATIONS CUP
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      Lock icon Gabon into last 8 after late drama
      504 44 AP GROUPC GABON3 (Pierre-EmerickAubameyang 77, Daniel Cousin 77, Bruno-Zita Mbanangoye 90+5) MOROCCO2 (Houssine Kharja 25,90) Gabon snatched a place in the African Nations Cup quarter-finals and eliminated Morocco after a dramatic 3-2 win in the craziest game yet at a highly unpredictable tournament.
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      Lock icon Unfancied co-hosts on verge of topping group
      117 44 AFP CO-HOSTS Equatorial Guinea are one point away from winning Group A at the African Nations Cup, just eight days after being 125/1 no-hopers. A draw against second-placed Zambia tomorrow morning (Singapore time) will complete one of the most amazing first-round achievements in
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      Lock icon Milan end Tevez interest with signing of Lopez
      362 44 S ERIE A Wire Services AC MILAN’S signing of Argentinian striker Maxi Lopez on a loan deal yesterday morning (Singapore time) effectively ended the Serie A side’s pursuit of compatriot Carlos Tevez from Manchester City for the time being at least. Lopez
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  • FC WEEKEND
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      Lock icon STAY AND FIGHT, JOSE
      949 45  -  FC WEEKEND GLENN CONNLEY npsports@sph.com.sg Jose Mourinho is a more effective manager when he shuts his mouth. The trouble is, he’s more interesting when he opens it. By the Special One’s standards, he was quiet for the first half of this season. The results spoke for
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  • FA CUP
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      Lock icon Don’t worry about Jack
      535 46 Wenger plays down Wilshere fears PA Sport Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger insists there is no need to be concerned over Jack Wilshere’s hopes of playing at Euro 2012 after the England midfielder suffered a setback to his recovery. The 20-year-old (above) was first troubled by an
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      Lock icon Walcott tells Gunners: Stand up and be counted
      334 46 PA Sport THEO Walcott has called on Arsenal players to take responsibility and ease the pressure on manager Arsene Wenger. The Frenchman has come in for criticism from sections of the club’s fans in recent weeks, with matters reaching a head with
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      540 47 YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg FOURTH ROUND WATFORD 0 TOTTENHAM 1 (Rafael van derVaart 42) If Harry Redknapp was hoping that his players might provide some relief at the end of a hard week, he was very much mistaken. Tottenham squeezed through to the fifth round of the FA
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      Lock icon ‘Gutsy Toffees deserve win’
      342 47 PA Sport FOURTH ROUND EVERTON 2 (Denis Stracqualursi 27, Marouane Fellaini 73) FULHAM 1 (Danny Murphy 14 pen) ASSISTANT boss Steve Round felt Everton fully deserved their place in the FA Cup fifth round after seeing off Fulham yesterday morning (Singapore time). The Toffees came from
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      Lock icon Blues win, thanks to controversial penalty
      734 48 PA Sport FOURTH ROUND QPR 0 CHELSEA1 (Juan Mata 62-pen) Juan Mata’s hotly-disputed penalty helped Chelsea secure a 1-0 victory In a tempestuous FA Cup fourth-round tie at west London rivals QPR. A match that for an hour was completely devoid of the kind
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      Lock icon Poor Evra pays for late error
      712 50  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg FOURTH ROUND LIVERPOOL 2 (Agger 21, Kuyt 88) MANCHESTER UNITED 1 (Park 39) Patrice Evra tolerated the Anfield abuse like a man. But he presented Liverpool victory with the error of a schoolboy. The Manchester United skipper was heckled, hounded and
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      Lock icon Ferguson: We didn’t deserve to be beaten
      325 51 Wire Services Sir Alex Ferguson claims Manchester United did not deserve to lose 2-1 to Liverpool in yesterday’s FA Cup fourth-round clash at Anfield. The Reds, who knocked Manchester City out of the Carling Cup in midweek, claimed another notable scalp thanks to
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      Lock icon Scholes: I missed the game so much
      431 51 Wire Services MANCHESTER United veteran Paul Scholes has admitted he missed the game more than he ever imagined following his retirement last June. The 37-year-old stunned most observers by returning to the game this month, over half a year after announcing his decision
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      77 47 SPORTS FIXTURES For fixtures of all Spanish, Italian, German and A League, please visit Singapore Pools website. FOR FULL LIVE TELECAST SCHEDULE AND VENUE DETAILS, PLEASE VISIT SINGAPORE POOLS WEBSITE. Always play with care. Do not bet illegally. No person under the age of 18 years shall be allowed to
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  • FOOTBALL
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      Lock icon England international? So what
      658 49  -  Our columnist tells DILENJIT SINGH that wearing the Three Lions badge means little these days PAUL PARKER npsports@sph.com.sg When Sir Alex Ferguson backed young Danny Welbeck to make England’s squad for Euro 2012 yesterday, I think it was a comment which said two things. It was
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  • SPORTS
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      1148 52 / 53  -  Why he was called EXCLUSIVE GODFREY ROBERT npsports@sph.com.sg His phone rang at least six times when we were walking down the tunnel towards London’s Wembley Stadium in May 1999. It was two hours before the kick-off of the Manchester United-Newcastle FA Cup final. And while English fans raved
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      Lock icon About Geylang United
      198 52 / 53 ESTABLISHED in 1974 as International Contract Specialists, the club changed their name to the famed Geylang International in 1975 before changing again to Geylang United in 1996 when the S-League was first established. The club won back-to-back titles in the National Football League from 1975 to 1977
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  • S-LEAGUE
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      Lock icon Bulls aim to recapture their attacking verve
      528 54  -  DILENJIT SINGH dilen@sph.com.sg Gombak United might have lost around three-quarters of their players from last season, but they are hoping to rediscover something that was lost for the past two seasons their reputation for entertaining football. At the club’s pre-season press conference at
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      519 54  -  HOCKEY DILENJIT SINGH SINGAPORE will be taking part in the Olympic hockey qualifiers for London 2012. They were invited by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) to express interest in replacing the 24th-ranked United States, after the Americans pulled out from the qualifiers “due
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  • MALAYSIAN SUPER LEAGUE
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      Lock icon LionsXII must work on finishing
      946 56  -  But they can take heart from the number of chances created, former national coach PN Sivaji tells DILENJIT SINGH DILENJIT SINGH I What are your thoughts on the match? SIVAJI: We played some very good football in the first half, in terms of our passing
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      Lock icon Goal was my fault
      460 57  -  MIDFIELDER-TURNED–DEFENDER HARISS: ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg Together with Safuwan Baharudin, Hariss Harun kept Terengganu dangerman Francis Doe Forkey silent and frustrated for 78 minutes. All it took was one lapse for the hard work to be undone. A harmless long punt from the Terengganu defence fell to
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      Lock icon Sundram: We played below expectations
      392 57  -  DAVID LEE LIONSXII coach V Sundramoorthy certainly didn’t mince his words in his post-match assessment of his team’s performance. He said: I We played below expectations. I We gave the ball away cheaply, rather than Terengganu winning the ball. I The selection of passes, the
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      Lock icon SO GOOD ... SO BAD
      1005 58 / 59  - SO GOOD SO BAD LIONSXII 0 TERENGGANU1 (Francis Doe Forkey 79) DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg Both Predator lookalikes promised goals. But whereas Terengganu’s Francis Doe Forkey delivered, LionsXII’s Agu Casmir didn’t. Seizing on a poor clearance by LionsXII cen-tre-back Hariss Harun, the Turtles striker capitalised on the ensuing confusion in the
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      314 58 / 59  -  DILENJIT SINGH IN THE midst of the sea of red that engulfs Jalan Besar Stadium when LionsXII play, there is a pocket of fans in King George’s Stand who mirror the attire of the heroes on the pitch. They are known as
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    • ON TV
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        272 58 / 59 *All telecasts live unless otherwise stated. For the latest, please check www.mio.singtel.com/miotv www.starhub.com/tv *Programme times, provided by SingTel StarHub, subject to change LIVE TELECASTS FACUP 4TH ROUND Tonight: I SUNDERLAND v MIDDLESBROUGH SingTel mio TV Ch 117 (ESPH HD), 9.25pm I ARSENAL v ASTON VILLA SingTel mio TV Ch
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        35 58 / 59 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Today: I MIXED DOUBLES FINAL SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (STAR Sports) Ch 117 (ESPN HD), 1.30pm I MEN’S SINGLES FINAL SingTel mioTV Ch 115 (STAR Sports) Ch 117 (ESPN HD), 4pm
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        30 58 / 59 NBA REGULAR SEASON Today: I HOUSTON ROCKETS v NY KNICKS StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports), 9am I PHOENIX SUNS v MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 10am
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        17 58 / 59 ABU DHABI HSBC GOLF C’SHIP Today: I DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), 5pm
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