The New Paper, 8 July 2012

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    13 1 the new paper on sunday July 8 2012 80 CENTS MICA (P) 089/01/2012
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      121 1 TOP STUDENT BUT... She still has non-stop tuition 13 CONFESSIONS OF A CELEB MINDER Who says married stars don’t cheat? 10 S’POREANS IN JB HIGH LIFE FORLOW PRICE Cheaper landed property, quality of life a big draw 4 TNP PICTURE: GARY GOH Another S’porean attacked in JB 7 Johor cops
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon The pressure cooker just keeps getting hotter
      560 2  -  NATALIE SOH natalie@sph.com.sg My heart goes out to parents this week. As a non-parent (and sorry, mum, parenthood really isn’t on the cards for me), I can only watch and make murmuring sounds of sympathy when my friends and colleagues tell me about
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      157 2 FEATURES 4 My JB, my home S’poreans say why they choose to live in Johor Baru 13 In tuition Asian parents spend billions on tuition. Who’s taking it here? Do they need to? 16 Inspired to give New group inspired by little Nurto help other sick children SPORTS 48 Wimbledon
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  • PEOPLE
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      Lock icon Big house. Big garden. Big spending power No regrets over big move
      620 4 / 5  -  REPORTS: ZUL OTHMAN zothman@sph.com.sg The lure of living large for less has drawn more Singaporeans to Johor. About 5,000 Singaporeans now call Johor home, estimates the Johor-Sin-gapore Community Care Association, a newly formed group that aims to champion
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      Lock icon Kids can’t wait to go home to JB
      316 4 / 5 It’s the best decision he and his family ever made. Mr Hussain Sayeed, 49, an assistant account director with Hewlett-Packard in Singapore, bought a four-bedroom, 4,200 sq ft semi-detached house in East Ledang, Nusajaya, in west Johor, for RM1.7 million (S$680,000) recently.
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      Lock icon Unfazed by car break-in
      314 4 / 5 Mr Fahmi Rais, 45, who lives closer to Johor Baru, is not worried about crime. His 4,000 sq ft home which he bought 18 months ago for RM550,000 sits in the suburb of Taman Daya, a 20-minute drive from the Woodlands checkpoint. The managing director of
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      Lock icon S’poreans form JB group
      160 4 / 5 Some Singaporeans living in Johor Baru have formed the Johor-Singapore Community Care Association (JSCA). Started earlier this year, it is headed by former People’s Action Party Member of Parliament Wan Hussin Zoohri. The association, which is registered in Johor, is starting its membership drive. Out of
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      Lock icon Big fright. Big loss then... Big relief over big find
      819 6 / 7  -  REPORT: CHAI HUNG YIN chaihyn@sph.com.sg When she first saw her stolen car, there was not a single sign of emotion. She calmly tested the lock as photographers clicked away. Then, as the media moved into the conference room leaving her
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      Lock icon S’porean’s car hijacked at knifepoint in JB
      408 6 / 7 Another Singaporean nearly became a victim of an attempted robbery in Johor Baru (JB). Mr Lin Junda, 24, was injured when he took on three men who tried to rob him of his girlfriend’s laptop and his car. The incident happened on Thursday
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      Lock icon Tuition, please
      1021 13  -  They are top students, yet some still ask for additional tuition and their parents are more than happy to pay for it REPORT: ESTHER NG, MAUREEN KOH, EUNICE TOH tnp@sph.com.sg Five days a week without fail, this 15-year-old student goes for extra lessons after school. And over the
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      Lock icon Tuition can be unhealthy: Expert
      697 14 / 15 Educators tell The New Paper on Sunday that they are generally not in favour of tuition for most students. Retired teacher Ho Kong Loon, 65, says: “There’s no need for tuition if the student is doing well. “The trouble is parents demand it because they
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      Lock icon My parents could have bought me more skateboards
      452 14 / 15  -  COMMENT: DAVID SUN davidsun@sph.com.sg I had tuition. Eight hours a day, five days a week. And even more during the school holidays. On weekdays, I woke up at 5.30am to go to school, which finished at 1.30pm. Then it was off to
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      Lock icon She’s a princess for a day
      819 16 / 17  -  Group helps girl suffering from liver cancer to fulfil her dream REPORT: YUEN SIN yuensin@sph.com.sg Yesterday, three-year-old Putri Nittra Tazqiah was transformed Into a princess for an afternoon. Wearing a beautiful crown and grinning widely at photographers and videographers, she was the centre of
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      Lock icon Money to go to charities: Nur’s dad
      167 16 / 17 More than $400,000 was raised for Nur’s heart transplant in less than three weeks, including the funds from Ms Rima McDonald’s Facebook initiative. Little Nur died before she could make it for the heart transplant operation. Her parents had made a pledge at
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      Lock icon News. Emotion. Bingo!
      500 19 There are two good reasons for giving you, our readers, an additional treat from tomorrow. The first is to reward you for staying with us. The second: Because it’s fun. So it becomes richly rewarding not only to read The New Paper and be informed, but it
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      Lock icon THE GOOD OL' DAYS
      951 20 / 21 Horse racing has come a long way in Singapore since it started in 1843 REPORTS: BRIAN MILLER ON MOST Friday evenings, if you take the MRT train to the northern part of Singapore, an impressive sight will greet you as you head into the Kranji Station.
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      Lock icon FROM BUKIT TIMAH TO KRANJI...
      1102 20 / 21 WITH the millennium upon us and the world in wonderment as to what the future held in store, racing uprooted itself from the staid old Bukit Timah and got “replanted” in a less-travelled spot of Singapore called Kranji. For a long time, this northern sentinel’s
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      Lock icon M’sian guitar legend dies of organ failure
      644 22 Time magazine once described him as “quite possibly the greatest musical interpreter of our time”. Such was his mastery of the guitar that Ipoh-born Paul Ponnudorai was described as somebody who could easily transcend all genres with effortless ease. But the life of
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      Lock icon Robbery victim strikes back with website
      395 22 Malaysian women who have been victims of snatch thieves and robbers are beginning to “hit back” in their own way. A smash-and-grab victim, who wanted to be known only as ling, has started a website to spread the message of vigilance. The website, www.bealertstaysafe.tumblr.com,
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      Lock icon WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH SYRIA?
      546 23 A look at Syria months after start of protests against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime AFP Huffington Post BBC What’s up in Syria? The defection of a top general Manaf Tlas on Friday rocked Syrian President Bashar al-As-sad’s inner circle. Now, international leaders have urged the
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      Lock icon Syrian milestones
      271 23 Key dates in the more than 15-month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad Last year March 15: First protests after Facebook call for a “Day of Dignity.” March 18-27: Crackdowns in Damascus, Banias and Daraa, cradle of the uprising, where 100 are reportedly killed on March 23. April 25-26:
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      Lock icon 6 injured as bull-running event kicks off in Spain
      430 24 One elderly thrill-seeker was gored in the leg and five others Injured as runners raced ahead of fighting bulls in the first running of the bulls in this year’s San Fermin festival. In the Spanish city of Pamplona, runners with traditional
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      Lock icon Is Holmes ‘playing the media’?
      342 24 The accusation comes from Tom Cruise’s lawyer, Mr Bert Fields. In a thinly-veiled attack on his estranged wife, Katie Holmes, Mr Fields told BBC: “We are letting ‘the other side’ (Katie and her team), play the media until they wear everyone out, and then we’ll
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      Lock icon Bieber caught for being too fast, too reckless
      464 25 Teen idol tells police that he was chased by paparazzi Justin Bieber is used to attracting crowds. But he had at least one follower too many when somebody tailed him on a Los Angeles freeway, and it led to a speeding ticket
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      469 30 / 31  -  Cosplayers draw the crowds at this year’s Cosfest at Downtown East REPORT: DAVID SUN, YAP NING davidsun@sph.com.sg They carefully put on their make-up, wax their hair and apply just the right shade of lip and eye colour. All so that they can take on the appearance of their
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      Lock icon Haute or not?
      309 34 The heady world of fashion can throw up some fantastic creations. But some creations make you want to throw up. Given that this week saw three fashion events Paris, Berlin and Hong Kong we bring together The New Paper on Sunday’s ‘style gurus to heckle the catwalks
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  • SNAPSHOT
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      Lock icon Next leader says no need to fear China
      242 8 / 9 AFP China’s leader-in-waiting XI Jinping insisted yesterday that Beijing would never impose its will on the rest of the world. It instead wanted to “abandon the old mindset” and strive for global peace. Speaking at a forum in Beijing, Mr Xi, the
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      Lock icon Police nab four for theft of 100 mobile phones
      124 8 / 9 FOUR men have been arrested for the theft of 100 mobile phones and for dishonestly receiving stolen property worth $50,000. On June 28, a company manager reported to the police that five boxes containing 100 new mobile phones were missing from
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      Lock icon Myanmar student leaders held in crackdown released
      116 8 / 9 AFP MYANMAR yesterday released student leaders held in the country’s largest crackdown on dissent since the end of outright military rule last year, following an outcry over the detentions. All of the estimated 20 people held ahead of the 50th anniversary of the
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      Lock icon BIG PICTURE
      45 8 / 9 ON FIRE: A man is engulfed in flames after pouring petrol from a bridge at a miner’s protest in Spain on Wednesday. The strike was against cuts in the government subsidy for the coal sector. The man’s condition was not known. PICTURES: AFP
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      Lock icon PM Lee to new citizens: Do more to adapt to S’pore
      379 8 / 9 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has urged new citizens to make a greater effort to integrate into Singapore society. Much more important than a change in legal status are shared values and goals, loyalty to the country, and emotional
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      Lock icon Philippines on alert for mystery Cambodian disease
      109 8 / 9 AFP THE Philippines has stepped up screening of airport arrivals to prevent the entry of a mysterious disease that has killed 60 children in Cambodia. “We are more vigilant in screen- ing passengers at the country’s international airports because of this latest news
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      Lock icon HK paper sues over reporter detained on Hu Jintao’s visit
      138 8 / 9 AFP A HONG KONG newspaper said yesterday that it had filed a lawsuit over the brief detention of one of its journalists after he shouted at Chinese president Hu Jintao about the Tiananmen Square protests. The Apple Daily News, known
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      Lock icon Facebook, Yahoo settle patent dispute, drop lawsuits
      101 8 / 9 FACEBOOK and Yahoo have agreed to settle a patent dispute, averting a potentially lengthy battle over the technology that runs two of the Internet’s most popular sites. In dropping the lawsuits, the com- panies agreed to license their patents to each other. They
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      Lock icon HAPPINESS INDEX
      164 8 / 9 We rate the past week’s news good and bad Singapore welcomed 16,772 babies in the first five months of 2012, 7 per cent more than the corresponding period last year. Hospitals say the rate of increase could go up in the second half of the year. A disgraced
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      Lock icon ARTIST'S IMPRESSION
      42 8 / 9  -  JONATHAN ROBERTS jonrob@sph.com.sg He’s the tennis player with the temper. Controversial Scottish, sorry, British tennis star, Andy Murray, will face Roger Federer today in a historic Wimbledon Men’s Singles Final. Murray is the first Brit to make the finals in...
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  • CONFESSIONS OF A STAR MINDER
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      Lock icon ‘I have the contacts of top mamasans in town’
      1088 10  -  MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg She no longer “entertains any delusion that married stars don’t cheat”. This veteran star minder, who has worked with international, regional and local celebrities, says: “I used to like this particular singer, who’s well-known as a family man...
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      295 11 A STRAITS TIMES APPRECIATES READERS EVENT D Iv 6.30pm Sunday, July 15 2012 GARDENS BY THE BAY $67 for The Straits Times Readers (Usual Price S75) Taufik Batisah 1 7 A ir r ?°,y Ke VHadu Mirza f Chua Tanya FREE TICKETS to Over $100 worth of goodies You can
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      146 12 4 J w vv Hi V R H '■T_NANDO’S PERI-PERI CHICKEN SINGAPORE P B a It’s the season of sports competitions and we too are battling it out to be the best. As we challenge ourselves to give you the best tasting Peri-Peri flame-grilled chicken, we want you to compete
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      195 16 / 17 i As it University of Wales, Newport Newport Business School [fi.: te Prifysgol Cymru, Casnewydd Ysgol Fusnes Casnewydd UOWN MBA PREVIEW Speaker: Mr Fredrick Cabanes (Head School of Graduate Studies) Date: 2nd July 2012 (Monday) Time: 7:00pm Venue: AEG College THE AEC BUSINESS PATHWAY Speaker: Mr Branson Kwok (Academic Head)
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      264 18 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 Ranked 34th out of over 130 UK Universities Times Higher education league table 2011 Ranked in the National Top 10
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      204 25 The amazing career of Balbina Wong School dropout heads fashion empire with $900 millionturn ver Free tours to columbarium A different kind of excursion ■the l UFFM EfflncEl wKki ft 'ill .Eastern Life is Great A member of the OCBC Croup E at Singapore’s Biggest Health Wellness Exhibition August 4-5,
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      382 26 THE DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY RETROSPECTIVE r II I BEATS WORLD WELCOME ,1 ht rises the dar ■X' the legend ends JULY 19 Rating: To be advised S) r r I f PLUS uiD JL mp Calling all Batman fans out there! Don’t miss your chance to relive Batman Begins and
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  • EATS
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      Lock icon Asam pedas ikan pari
      609 27  -  HED CHEF HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg He’s a mixologist who loves to cook as much as he enjoys stirring up exotic cocktails. In his leisure time, Mr Mohamad Riezal often rustles up classic favourites for his family dishes such as asam pedas ikan pari, or stingray in
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      Lock icon Name that fish
      623 28  -  VANESSA FRIDA tnp@sph.com.sg I The writer is a rising name on the culinary scene. She organises cooking classes and personalised chef tables for groups. Find her at www.facebook.com/CulinaryNess The range of fish on offer can be confusing, especially when the same type of fish can go by
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      Lock icon The real surprises behind our surprise show
      451 29  -  K F SEETOH tnp@sph.com.sg Filming for our TV show is always fun. We have been filming Makansutra food shows since 2001. It may not always be smooth and we don’t often achieve what we plan, and certainly, there are no guarantees of fat
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      Lock icon JOHOR GEMS
      602 29 It is unfortunate that a small handful out of the hundreds of thousands of Singaporeans who cross the Causeway each week encounter crime there. I have been in and out of Johor Baru regularly since the 1980s and touch wood I haven’t had any problems. When our show
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  • ASPIRE/AFFORD
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      Lock icon Brace for turquoise
      301 32  -  REPORT: YUEN SIN yuensin@sph.com.sg Turquoise is making waves this season. The lovely hue made appearances at this year’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia and in last week’s Hong Kong Fashion Week, and it is appearing in fashion magazines as the latest must-have colour in your wardrobe this summer.
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      Lock icon WIN THE DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY MOVIE TICKETS
      157 32 “The legend ends” screams the tagline for The Dark Knight Rises. Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight trilogy comes to an explosive conclusion with The Dark Knight Rises. Will Batman (Christian Bale) die at the hands of his nemesis, the brutal terrorist Bane (Tom
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  • SECRET SHOPPER
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      Lock icon Nice but no different from rest
      568 33 Newest body product line needs to differentiate itself Sexy. Cheeky. Sunny. That’s the rather trite tagline used to describe the US brand Laline’s bath and body products. The brand, which recently signed a franchise agreement with Wing Tai Holdings plans to open 15 stores
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      140 33 CHECK IT OUT WHAT: Laline WHERE: Marina Square mall, #02-211 WHEN: 11am to 9.30pm, Mondays to Thursdays. 10am to 10pm, Fridays to Sundays. HISTORY: Laline was started in 1999 by a pair of Israeli cousins. The brand uses essential oils and scents sourced in the Provence region of France and
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  • LIVE RIGHT
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      Lock icon Zumba your way to fitness in Singapore
      563 35  -  REPORT: YUEN SIN yuensin@sph.com.sg It’s a workout where the emphasis is on fun. Participants are actively encouraged to cheer, clap and even sing along to the music as they sweat it out in the studio. This is Zumba, a combination of Lat-in-inspired music
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      Lock icon My Zumba experience
      462 35 I thought that it was going to be a disaster: Me, dancing myself fit in alatin style. Five minutes after I heard from my editor that I was to attend a Zumba masterclass, I frantically logged on to YouTube in a desperate attempt to familiarise myself with
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  • WHEELS
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      Lock icon I’ll miss the worry-free cycling
      438 36  -  DANSON CHEONG tnp@sph.com.sg TWO WHEELS GOOD It’s almost over. After six cycling-filled months I’m about to leave Europe. In just a few weeks I will be back in sunny Singapore. There is some relief at the thought of coming home. To be honest, I’ve just
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      Lock icon CHASING THE TOUR
      668 36 Our reporter in Europe laps up the carnival atmosphere as cycling’s biggest event of the year, the Tour de France, rolls off from Liege After ayear-long wait, it has finally begun. Last Saturday, the 99th edition of the Tour de France kicked off in Liege, Belgium, with
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  • HUMOUR
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      Lock icon Sex ed in my time was outdoors
      839 37  -  NOTES NEIL HUMPHREYS tnp@sph.com.sg I Neil Humphreys’ new Singapore book, Return To A Sexy Island, is now a national best-seller and is available at major bookshops here. Sex education was not taught in my secondary school, it was taught in the local park.
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      Lock icon To my daughter, I leave all my boyband CDs
      832 38  -  ACT BLUR S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg By the time you read this, I maybe dead. So this could double as my last will and testament. This morning, I took part in the Jurong Lake Run, my first organised mass run in
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    • REALLY Odd news that’s for real
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        Lock icon Inmate tries to hail taxi to escape from hospital
        135 38 AP A PENNSYLVANIA county jail inmate in prison garb tried to hail a taxi to escape from a hospital where he was taken for medical treatment. The Beaver County Times reported on Tuesday that 23-year-old Holden Wooley was taken to Heritage
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        Lock icon Talking urinal cakes to keep drunks off the road
        125 38 AP MICHIGAN hopes to keep drunks off the road with the help from a special message in men’s washrooms featuring an attention-getting woman’s voice. Talking urinal-deodoriser cakes have been distributed to Michigan Licensed Beverage Association members in Wayne County, state officials
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        Lock icon Mum arrested for pouring beer into son’s sippy cup
        140 38 AP A PHOENIX mother has been arrested after authorities said she put beer in her two-year-old son’s sippy cup. Phoenix police were called to a pizza restaurant on Tuesday night after witnesses said they saw 36-year-old Valerie Marie Topete pour beer
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  • Page 37 Miscellaneous
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  • TV
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      Lock icon Shooting from the hipster
      601 39  -  JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg People in their twenties are the worst. It’s not just that they want to BE somebody, it’s that they think they already ARE somebody and that the world just hasn’t recognised it yet. Of course, I was no exception at that age. For
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  • RACING
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      Lock icon Careless riding costs Soo three race days
      1147 40 / 41 LAST FRIDAY’S SINGAPORE TURF CLUB STIPENDIARY STEWARDS’REPORT HIGHLIGHTS Jockey Soo Khoon Beng has been suspended for three race days over his handling of PERWIRAin Race 9 on June 29 atKranji. At the conclusion of an inquiry on that day, Soo (above) pleaded guilty
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      Lock icon Trainer Koh fined $5,000
      92 40 / 41 TAKESHI: At the conclusion of an inquiry last Thursday, trainer Desmond Koh pleaded guilty to a charge under MRA Rule of Racing 134(6)(a) in that he, as the trainer of TAKESHI, accepted to run that horse in Race 9 at the Singapore Turf Club meeting on
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S NEW ZEALAND (AWAPUNI) & AUSTRALIA (BELMONT/EAGLE FARM/TOOWOOMBA) RESULTS
      831 40 / 41 YESTERDAY’S NEW ZEALAND (AWAPUNI) AUSTRALIA (BELMONT/EAGLE FARM/TOOWOOMBA) RESULTS RACE 1 (Awapuni) 1st 8 Safe Access ($58-$16) 2nd 1 Riverman Jack ($14) 3rd 5 Madanske ($67) 4th 15 Our Centrefold. Forecast $106. Place forecast $92 (1-5), $57 (1-8), $185 (5-8). Tierce No winner ($1264 jackpot carried forward to next race). Trio
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S SOUTH AFRICA (GREYVILLE) RESULTS
      564 40 / 41 Race 1: NO BETTING Race 2 Juvenile Plate 1900M 3 GRAY'S CHAMP 58 (71-13) BLerena (11) 1 4 KINDLE 58 (67-17) KShea (9) 2 6 AGADEZ 55(93-31) GVNiekerk (7) 3 5 VICTORY CRUISE 58 (33-8) B Fayd'Herbe (10) 4 XTrainer: G van Zyl. Margins: 0.75,
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      Lock icon Ice Fire can prove too hot for his rivals
      2326 42 / 43 RACE 1 (1,400m) FIERY WHISPERER (6) caught the eye when going under by a shorthead to Red Courage in his May debut over the 1,200m at Sha Tin. He then repelled the challenge of Let Me Too to open his win
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      Lock icon TODAY’S HONG KONG (HAPPY VALLEY) RACE CARD
      1633 42 / 43 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 CLASS GRIFFINTURF 1400m TIME 12:30 Stakes: HK$750,000 NO. HORSE NAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 EXPEDITE B K NG Z PURTON 129 6 2 FISHKING EMPEROR Y S TSUI K C LEUNG 129 8 3 GOAL AND GOLD
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S PENANG RESULTS
      842 42 / 43 Race 1 Auckland Racing Club Trophy C5 1400m C*****m 6 LUCKY FUND 54.5 c 52.5 (94-26) HK Cheng XWinning stable: Lucky King. Trainer: HS Lim. Time: 1min 27.10sec (Going: yielding). Forecast: $339. Tierce: $3346. Quartet: No winner ($4914 jackpot carried forward to next race). Malaysian W/P: RM208,
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      Lock icon TODAY’S PENANG RACE CARD
      1987 44 GOING FORECAST: YIELDING TAN THEAN LOON’S PENANG TIPS RACE 1:4 littlebitofjoy 6 Dontbelate 8 Surprise Strike 5 Sinfive RACE 2:1 Volpista4 Subordinate 2 Best Wrestler 9 Fantastic Gift RACE 3: 1 WHATEVER WORKS)5 Blue Hills 4 Big Sur 7 Kim Forever RACE 4:5 Big Red 3
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      Lock icon Gingervate is rated highly
      787 45 THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS KALGOORLIE RACE 1 Kalgoorlie (1,200m) 3 CAGEY BOY: Put in a massive effort behind At The Gates when he almost fell but still finished a game second big jockey change and deserves favouritism. 6 MADDISONS DREAM: Holds decent formlines and unlucky when
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      Lock icon TODAY’S AUSTRALIA (KALGOORLIE) RACE CARD
      146 45 12:54 Race 1 KALGOORLIE 1200M KALGOORLIE 1200M 1 EXTREME SILENCE MS FIVES (6) 58 2 MARADIEGO 1:34 Race 2 KALGOORLIE 1400M (2) 58 3 CAGEY BOY GL SMITH (3) 58 4 ORTABEGOOD MSECOCKRAM (5) 58 5 THE FERAL KBOHORUN 2:10 Race 3 KALGOORLIE 1100M 58
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      32 40 / 41 Saturday, July 7 2012 First Second Third 5582 2211 4768 Starters 0341 3814 6178 2321 5281 9718 7995 2301 4271 5733 Consolations 2306 8808 8046 3890 3494 5371 0276 9437 0396 3760
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  • GOLF
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      Lock icon Sujjan: For you girl
      213 46 SUJJAN Singh of India completed a sensational wire-to-wire victory with a closing even-par 72 and dedicated his win at the Taman Dayu Championship to his new born daughter yesterday. Sujjan’s (left) 10-shot advantage going into the final round never looked threatened as he cruised to a
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      Lock icon Tiger, Phil fall by the wayside
      419 46 Reuters Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson missed the cut after the second day of the weather-delayed second round of the Greenbrier Classic at White Sulphur Springs in West Virginia. Woods, the 14-time Major champion, missed the cut, set at a 139 total, by one
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      Lock icon Pettersen on the fast lane
      317 46 AFP NORWAY’S Suzann Pettersen didn’t let a hectic morning slow her down, firing a four-under 68 on Friday to seize the US Women’s Open lead as Michelle Wie surged up the leaderboard behind her. “My game is very solid,” said Pettersen (above), ranked sixth in
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  • OLYMPICS
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      Lock icon Ng is Singapore’s first netball centurion
      291 47  -  NETBALL LIM SAY HENG SHE was just 20 when she first got the call to join the national squad. Fourteen years on, after three world championships and a Commonwealth Games outing, national captain Jean Ng (right) has become the first Singapore netballer to win
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      Lock icon Team Singapore prepared for wet and cool Olympics
      579 47  -  LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg It Is just a 10-minute walk from the living quarters to the training pool at the Surrey Sports Park in the UK. But the likes of Joseph Schooling and Tao Li could be ferried between the two locations
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  • TENNIS: WIMBLEDON
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      Lock icon Murray has come a long way from school tragedy to eyeing Major triumph
      678 48 / 49 AFP PICTURE: AFP A scrawny, pasty-faced Andy Murray was 18 when he made his Wimbledon debut in 2005. He reached the third round where he gave Argentina’s David Nalbandian, the 2002 runner-up, a huge scare by taking
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      Lock icon Federer: Seven-up Sampras fires my Wimbledon dream
      547 48 / 49 Men’s Singles Final: Andy Murray v Roger Federer AFP Roger Federer revealed that boyhood hero Pete Sampras, whose record of seven titles he can equal tonight, has kept him inspired even in his darkest days. The 30-year-old Swiss defeated world No. 1 and
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      Lock icon HIGH FIVE, SERENA
      720 50 / 51 Serena Williams Is back, and she looks almost as good as ever. The 30-year-old American won her fifth Wimbledon title yesterday on Centre Court, beating Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 to claim her 14th Major championship. After hitting a backhand winner on match-point, she fell
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      Lock icon Wiggins in yellow as Froome wins
      476 50 / 51 TOUR DE FRANCE AFP RACE favourite Bradley Wiggins took command of the Tour de France yesterday as Sky teammate Christopher Froome secured a deserved maiden victory on the seventh stage. Defending champion Cadel Evans of Australia finished second, with Wiggins in third, only seconds
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  • FORMULA ONE
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      Lock icon LET THERE BE RAIN
      571 52 Hamilton believes wet track will give him the edge on race day AWAY from the gridlocked roads and rain-soaked Formula One paddock, Lewis Hamilton was one of the few people hoping for a soggy Silverstone. Yes, he was concerned that the treacherous conditions in the first
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      Lock icon Alonso slides to pole
      183 52 Wire Services SPANIARD Fernando Alonso slid and splashed through atrocious conditions to hand Ferrari their first Formula One pole since 2010 in a rain-delayed British Grand Prix qualifying yesterday. The championship leader, last year’s winner at Silverstone, was joined on the front row by Red Bull’s
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  • FOOTBALL
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      Lock icon Shahril, Bai mull over future
      567 53  -  Duo will be free agents if LionsXII become an under-23 team next year ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg The S-League maybe suffering from poor attendances and budgetary issues. A number of clubs continue to struggle to woo sponsors. But LionsXII stars Shahril Ishak and Baihakki Khaizan are
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      Lock icon Gombak stun Hougang to reach semis
      364 53  -  RHB SINGAPORE CUP RONALD LOH rloh@sph.com.sg QUARTER-FINAL, SECOND LEG HOUGANG 0 GOMBAK 2 (Julien Durand 67, Hafiz Rahim 89) I Gombak advance 3-2 on aggregate IT WASN’T the victory and the spot in the semi-fi-nals of the RHB Singapore Cup that left Gombak United
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      Lock icon The good, the bad and the John Terry
      853 54 / 55  -  With goal-line technology set to be introduced to English football as early as the New Year, NEIL HUMPHREYS offers reasons to be cheerful and miserable for the introduction of Hawk-Eye. NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg THE GOOD: HAWK-EYE will liven up dull games. Technology
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      Lock icon Japan just too good
      316 54 / 55  -  AFC U-22 QUALIFIERS ALI KASIM JAPAN 3 (Delwinder Singh 14-og, Daiki Watari 19, Notsuda Gatuko 59) SINGAPORE 1 (Shamil Sharif 83) THE Singapore youngsters suffered their first defeat of the Asian Football Confederation Under-22 qualifiers when they lost to Japan 3-1, in Pekanbaru, Indonesia, yesterday. In
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      Lock icon Kelantan champions
      292 54 / 55  -  MALA YSIAN SUPER LEAGUE ALI KASIM KELANTAN clinched the 2012 Malaysian Super League title in style last night, whipping Perak 6-0 in Kota Baru. A hat-trick by Indra Putra Mahayuddin set the Red Warriors on their way towards retaining the title they won last year. Kelantan, who have
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      Lock icon Van Gaal returns as Dutch coach for second spell
      288 54 / 55 AFP VETERAN former Ajax, Barcelona and Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal was appointed yesterday, as the Dutch national squad’s new man-in-charge following Bert van Marwijk’s resignation last week after a woeful Euro 2012 campaign. “The Dutch Royal Football Federation (KNVB)
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      Lock icon Park heads to QPR
      631 56 / 57 Wire Services As one Asian makes his way to Old Trafford, another is set to leave. Manchester United have agreed a deal with Queens Park Rangers which will see Park Ji Sung move to the west London club for a fee of £2 million ($4m), although
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      Lock icon Spain looking for Olympic football gold
      312 56 / 57 AP SPAIN want to follow up their European Championship victory with football gold at the London Olympics. The World Cup champions won a third straight major title last Sunday, after defeating Italy in the Euro 2012 in the final in Kiev, Ukraine. That triumph
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      Lock icon United ready to show their pedigree
      539 56 / 57 PA Sport The wounded Red Devils are raring to go. That is the opinion of former Manchester United captain Gary Neville, who is expecting his old side to be relishing the challenge of proving their doubters wrong in the forthcoming season. United (above) were
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      Lock icon Nani a no-show
      266 56 / 57  -  ALI KASIM BLAME it on the rain. Maybe the bad weather was the reason Manchester United and Portugal star Luis Nani failed to make a scheduled appearance at the Gardens by the Bay yesterday evening. Invited here by billionaire philanthropist Peter Lim, the winger arrived in Singapore
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      Lock icon The WORLD holds its BRATH
      746 58 / 59 Bolt visits top sports doctor in Munich, sparking worries over the fitness of the Olympic Games’ biggest icon The WORLD holds its BREATH Wire Services One of the onlookers just before Jamaica’s recent track Olympic trials, Alan Martin, said: “Usain Bolt has the hope of
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      Lock icon Gay predicts a ‘spectacular’ century sprint
      460 58 / 59 The men’s 100m at the London Olympics is wide open and promises to be “spectacular", according to the world’s second fastest man, Tyson Gay. AFP Gay was speaking after outgunning US teammate Justin Gatlin, champion in the Athens Games in 2004, in the Diamond
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    • ON TV
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        55 58 / 59 LIVE TELECASTS MALAYSIAN SUPER LEAGUE Tuesday: I T-TEAM v LIONS XII StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports Arena), 8.30pm S-LEAGUE Thursday: I HOME UNITED v SAFFC StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports Arena), 7.30pm TV*All telecasts live unless otherwise stated. For the latest, please check www.mio.singtel.com/miotv www.starhub.com/tv *Programme times, provided by
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        24 58 / 59 BRITISH GRAND PRIX Tonight: I RACE DAY SingTel mio TV Ch 114 (ESPN), 7pm I MAIN RACE SingTel mioTVCh 114 (ESPN), 7.45pm
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        21 58 / 59 WIMBLEDON 2012 Tonight: I MEN’S SINGLES/MIXED DOUBLES FINALS SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (STAR Sports) Ch 117 (ESPN HD), 8.30pm
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        25 58 / 59 FIBASTANKOVIC CONTINENTAL CUP Today: I AUSTRALIA v TUNISIA StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports), 4pm I RUSSIA v CHINA StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports), 7.30pm
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        49 58 / 59 EPGATOUR: ALSTOM OPEN Tonight: I DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), 8pm US PGA GREENBRIER CLASSIC Tomorrow: I DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), 3am US WOMEN’S OPEN C’SHIP Tomorrow: I DAY 4 SingTel mio TV Ch 114 (ESPN) Ch 117 (ESPN HD), 3am
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        14 58 / 59 TOUR DE FRANCE Tonight: I STAGE 8 StarHub TV Ch 205 (Eurosport), 7dpm
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