The New Paper, 7 August 2012
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The New Paper
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Title Section12 2012-08-07 1 the new paper TUESDAY AUG 7 2012 70 CENTS MICA (P) 090/01/201212 words
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Article, Illustration1043 2012-08-07 2 / 3 ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF, RENNIE WHANG - REPORT: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF, RENNIE WHANG tnp@sph.com.sg THE Toto outlet near Chong Pang Market in Yishun is considered lucky,TNP PICTURE: GAVIN FOO; PICTURES: STOMP - 1,043 words
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Article, Illustration430 2012-08-07 2 / 3 Rennie Whang - Rennie Whang THE last person hit by the runaway Mercedes, a 51 -year-old woman, was the most badly hurt. The victim told another woman who went to her aid after she was knocked down that her name was Letchumi She suffered head injuries and430 words
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Article, Illustration628 2012-08-07 4 EUNICE TOH - Muslim residents confident Hari Raya Puasa celebrations won’t be affected HENDERSON ROAD FIRE REPORT: EUNICE TOH etoh@sph.com.sg THE smoke may have darkened their units, but it has not dampened their spirits. A fire broke out at Block 93, Henderson Road, last Saturday at about 2.30am.TNP PICTURE: GARY GOH - 628 words
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Article, Illustration592 2012-08-07 6 HEDY KHOO - Near-drowning at Hougang Swimming Complex three years ago leaves his son bedridden REPORTS: HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg HE HAD wanted to learn how to save drowning victims. But in a cruel twist three years ago, it was Boey Chun Hian who required saving. Life-saving instructors foundTNP PICTURE: ARIFFIN JAMAR - 592 words
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Article224 2012-08-07 6 THE SSC is denying the allegations. It filed its defence through M Rama Law Corporation on July 19, admitting only to being the operator of the Hougang Swimming Complex, and that lifeguards Albert Law and Ong Kian Hwa were its employees on June 20, 2009, the day of224 words
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Article, Illustration804 2012-08-07 7 RENNIE WHANG - Elite rescuers determined to find missing men after scaffolding collapsed last month REPORT: RENNIE WHANG wrennie@sph.com.sg DESPITE being 15m below street level, in wet cement up to their waists, they were determined to find two missing men. When scaffolding at the Downtown Line 1 constructionTNP PICTURE: KELVIN CHNG; PICTURE: SINGAPORE CIVIL DEFENCE FORCE - 804 words
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Local News watch
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Article, Illustration84 2012-08-07 8 / 9 MINISTERS from 11 Pacific Islands states are in Singapore to participate in the five-day Singapore-Pacific Ministerial Study Visit, which started yesterday. They are studying areas such as public administration, education, health, transport and water management. The ministers met Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong84 words
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Article, Illustration96 2012-08-07 8 / 9 SILKAIR has named Mr Leslie Thng as its new chief executive with effect from Sept 3. The regional arm of Singapore Airlines (SIA) said Mr Thng will be taking over from Mr Marvin Tan, who has been chief executive of SilkAir since October 2010. Mr96 words
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59 2012-08-07 8 / 9 SMOKING THEM OUT: In just one hour, 19 people, including students who were in uniform and four who were under 18, were caught smoking contraband cigarettes. Witnesses saw plainclothes officers questioning a group of 10 youths at Toa Payoh Lorong 1 last Thursday at about 4pm. When contacted, the SingaporePICTURE: SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS - 59 words
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Article, Illustration236 2012-08-07 8 / 9 ‘Steady progress’ in stabilising market HDB will continue to offer more new flats, with another 20,000 expected to be delivered next year. That is the number National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan has asked HDB to build. “Our move to ramp upPICTURE: ST FILE - 236 words
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66 2012-08-07 8 / 9 YOU’RE IN MY SHOT: Former president S. R. Nathan made a surprise cameo in a couple’s wedding photo. He was at East Coast Park when Miss Audrey Ng and Mr Kevin Toh, who were having their wedding photos taken, spotted him. The groom approached Mr Nathan and he agreed. AccordingPICTURE: FACEBOOK - 66 words
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166 2012-08-07 8 / 9 LOCAL stock market operator Singapore Exchange (SGX) is making a foray into the power sector. It has acquired a 49 per cent stake in the Energy Market Company (EMC), which operates the local market for wholesale electricity trading, SGX said yesterday. SGX will pay166 words
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Article, Illustration85 2012-08-07 8 / 9 GOVERNMENT scholarships in the environment and water sectors have been awarded to 33 students. Of these, 27 received the National Environment and Water (NEW) undergraduate scholarship, offered by the National Environment Agency (NEA) and Public Utilities Board (PUB), Singapore’s national water agency.85 words
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Article, Illustration101 2012-08-07 8 / 9 RAIL operator SMRT will extend the hours of service of its North-South, East-West and Circle Line trains on the eve of National Day. Trains and selected bus routes will run up to 1.35am At City Hall Interchange, the last trains will101 words
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Crime File
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Article346 2012-08-07 10 JOYCE LIM - REPORT: JOYCE LIM joycel@sph.com.sg ANIGHT of merry-making ended in a fight, then death, when a group of friends decided to go for supper on Dec 3. One of them drove and three others got into his car. As the car was heading towards the346 words
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202 2012-08-07 10 HE WAS convicted in court of giving loans that exceeded limits. Oh Kwan Huat, the sole proprietor of licensed moneylending business Super Credit, held a moneylending licence from Oct 6,2009, to Oct 5,2010. His licence was not renewed following investigations against him. On Dec202 words
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Article, Illustration449 2012-08-07 10 THREE Colombians flew to Singapore not for a holiday but to steal. A week after they arrived on social visit passes on June 5, they met a fellow Colombian while they were walking in Geylang. The three men then invited the fourth, who was also here449 words
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Article, Illustration309 2012-08-07 11 The New Paper’s reports on Mr Lin Dilun, who donated one of his kidneys to six-year-old Bryan Liu, moved many of our readers. Here’s a selection of the reactions we got from some of them FROM READER WONG YC TEARS welled309 words
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Article333 2012-08-07 11 FROM READER DR AKIRA WU A WELL-written story, very inspiring indeed. He is a very courageous young man who was determined to go through the surgery even after a rather long cooling-off period. The relative safety of the kidney removal operation (donor nephrectomy) through a333 words
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The Big Picture
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Article, Illustration706 2012-08-07 12 JUSTIN ZHUANG - Photo of Chingay performers snags top spot in The Big Picture contest this week REPORT: JUSTIN ZHUANG AT THIS year’s Chingay Parade, a group of student performers caught Mr Jimmy Chan’s eye. Standing backstage, the young dancers of different races were dressed in identical costumes,PICTURE: JIMMY CHAN; PICTURE: CHANG YORK HIANG - 706 words
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Global News watch
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Article, Illustration107 2012-08-07 14 / 15 A THREE-YEAR-OLD girl was found dead in a house in Penang on Sunday after family members allegedly performed a ritual by sitting on her body. Eight people including the child’s parents, grandmother, uncle, aunt and a foreign maid were107 words
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Article, Illustration101 2012-08-07 14 / 15 AFP SOUTH Korea’s state power company issued a shortage warning yesterday meaning that reserves are dangerously low as electricity consumption rose sharply due to an unusual heatwave. The Korea Electric Power Company’s warning was aimed at averting power cuts, the knowledge economyAFP - 101 words
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Article, Illustration104 2012-08-07 14 / 15 AFP ONE of Australia’s top police officers yesterday criticised violent video games that glorify rape and murder, after a spate of high-profile knifings byyoungpeople. Mr Andrew Scipione, the police commissioner for New South Wales, said the violence in films and console games onlyAFP - 104 words
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Article, Illustration259 2012-08-07 14 / 15 DEADLY SHOOTING AT US SIKH TEMPLE A GUNMAN killed at least seven people at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, in the US, before he was shot dead by the police on Sunday. Three men, including a member of a police unit called toPICTURE: AFP - 259 words
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Article, Illustration113 2012-08-07 14 / 15 AFP A GAY Malaysian pastor said yesterday he had held a wedding banquet with his American partner despite outrage by conservatives in the country opposed to their union. Mr Ngeo Boon Lin said he held the private, traditional Chinese wedding celebration at a restaurantAFP - 113 words
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Article, Illustration122 2012-08-07 14 / 15 AP THREE Vietnamese soldiers have been dismissed from the military after photos of them torturing two critically endangered monkeys were circulated on Facebook, out- raging the public. The People’s Army newspaper said yesterday that the soldiers were dismissed from their unit in central GiaAP - 122 words
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169 2012-08-07 14 / 15 AFP A BREAKAWAY group of Muslim rebels used chainsaws to launch simultaneous attacks across 11 towns in the southern Philippines yesterday, leaving at least three dead, officials said. A civilian died in a crossfire, while the army said the bodies of two BangsamoroAFP - 169 words
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35 2012-08-07 14 / 15 REMEMBERING: Paper lanterns were released on the Motoyasu river facing the gutted Atomic Bomb Dome in Japan yesterday the 67th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima in remembrance of the atomic bomb victims. PICTURE: REUTERSPICTURE: REUTERS - 35 words
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Article, Illustration394 2012-08-07 17 Animal had wandered onto North-South Expressway A MOTHER and her son died in the wee hours of Sunday when the car they were travelling slammed into a stray cow on the North-South Expressway. Madam Ngatinah Kemin, 47, and her 10-year-old son HabibPICTURES: CHINA PRESS - 394 words
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Article, Illustration435 2012-08-07 17 MARINE police braved the storms and trekked for nearly two hours to reach a group of weary and hungry Filipinos stranded on an island north of Kota Kinabalu, on the coast of Sabah. Three children aged between one and 13 and twoPICTURE: THE STAR - 435 words
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Article, Illustration356 2012-08-07 18 Suspects believed to be involved in 18 burglary cases Malaysian police have shot dead three members of the notorious Kumpulan Rimba gang that have been terrorising owners of luxury hillside homes in George Town, Penang. Policemen fired at least 10 shots at thePICTURES: CHINA PRESS - 356 words
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Article, Illustration378 2012-08-07 18 HE WAS arrested for allegedly pushing his girlfriend from the sixth floor of an apartment in George Town, Penang. But he managed to give the authorities the slip while receiving treatment at the Penang Hospital. George T own police chief Assistant Commissioner378 words
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Article, Illustration522 2012-08-07 19 Man who threw bottle on to track just before 100-m final start arrested HE THREW a plastic bottle onto the track at the Olympic Stadium about a second before the start of the men’s 100-metre final at the London Games on Sunday night. AndPICTURE: AFP, REUTERS - 522 words
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Article, Illustration497 2012-08-07 19 Lochte’s family face foreclosure THE parents of US Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte are facing foreclosure in Florida. According to a lawsuit filed in May in Volusia County, CitiMortgage is suing to foreclose on his parents Steven and Ileana Lochte. The bank is seekingPICTURE: AP - 497 words
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Page 8 / 9 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous82 2012-08-07 8 / 9 TODAY’S NUMBERS WEEK 5 42 72 Aug 7 2012 Aug 7 2012 Tuesday Aug 7 2012 B I N G O 69 96 Aug 7 2012 Aug 7 2012 28 11 Got your Bingo card from Monday’s paper? Check these numbers against it now to win $24,000 in cash, plus82 words
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Page 14 / 15 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous30 2012-08-07 14 / 15 REGIONAL WEATHER I KL: Thunderstorms High 33˚, Low 23˚ I Jakarta: Thunderstorms High 34˚, Low 25˚ I Bangkok: Thunderstorms High 34˚, Low 24˚ I Manila: Thunderstorms High 30˚, Low 25˚30 words
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Advertisement233 2012-08-07 25 Staff Cafeteria at Tuas Jurong requires: 1. Cook 2. Kitchen Assistant 3. Cashier 4. Dishwasher Walk-In Interview 7 August, 2-5pm Frontier CC Room 201 (Behind Jurong Point Interchange) Call 6479 8322 Require 1) Captain 2) Full/ Part-Time Servers Handle Chinese speaking clients *****134 ROOM ATTENDANTS HOUSEMASTERS needed Aljunied Tiong Bahru233 words
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Article, Illustration455 2012-08-07 30 Newcomer shows potential in debut STC THE successful combination of trainer Laurie Laxon andjockeyjoao Moreira were at it again in Race 4 last Sunday when they teamed up with newcomer DOUBLE STAR in the $65,000 Initiation Stakes over 1,200m on the Polytrack. Starting asSTC; TNP PICTURE: YAP NING - 455 words
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879 2012-08-07 30 APPRENTICE JL li has been suspended for two race days over his handling of VIVA PANATA in Race 7 on July 1. At the conclusion of an inquiry last Sunday, Li, in the presence of his master, trainer D Koh, pleaded guilty879 words
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Advertisement152 2012-08-07 42 / 43 Get up to speed with SingTel’s limited edition F1 3D Top-up Cards. Eight readers stand to win these sets of exclusive cards worth $78 each. TM HOW? Simply answer the following question. Q. Which driver won the last FORMULA 1 SINGTEL SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX? A) Sebastian Vettel B) Lewis Hamilton152 words
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Article, Illustration477 2012-08-07 44 NEIL HUMPHREYS - Jamaica’s sprint secrets: NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg JAMAICA produced Bob Marley and the fastest sprinter the world has ever seen. On any conceivable level, that makes no sense at all. Marley was into one love and getting everyone together and feeling all right. He could make greatPICTURE: AFP - 477 words
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Article, Illustration113 2012-08-07 31 AP SECOND-SEEDED Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine won the Citi Open yesterday morning (Singapore time) for his first ATP World Tour 500 event title, beating fourth-seed-edTommy Haas 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-1. There were two rain delays in the first set, one for aboutAP - 113 words
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Article, Illustration123 2012-08-07 31 Two footballers die one on the pitch, another off it Wire Services KIRK Urso, a midfielder with Major League Soccer club Columbus Crew, died on Sunday in a hospital in central Ohio, United States. Police were called to a bar in the city at about 12.50am and Urso, 22, wasWire Services - 123 words
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Article, Illustration106 2012-08-07 31 AP FORMER FBI director Louis Freeh has been brought in by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to assist in the corruption investigation of its suspended president Mohamed bin Hammam in a sign that the probe is intensifying. AFC acting president Zhang JilongAP - 106 words
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Article, Illustration455 2012-08-07 31 NICHOLAS NEO - STARHUB LEAGUE CUP NICHOLAS NEO nichneo@sph.com.sg PLATE SEMI-FINALS BALESTIER KHALSA1 (Zulkiffli Hassim 67) WOODLANDS WELLINGTON 0 IT WAS not the showdown Balestier Khalsa coach Darren Stewart was looking for, but at least his team did their bit. Balestier posted a slim 1-0 win over WoodlandsTNP PICTURE: GARY GOH - 455 words
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Article, Illustration516 2012-08-07 32 AP ONE year before the US PGA Tour stop in Malaysia becomes an official event, it will get the biggest draw in golf Tiger Woods. Woods said yesterday that he would play in the CIMB Classic from Oct 25 to 28 at The Mines ResortAP; PICTURES: AP, AFP - 516 words
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Article214 2012-08-07 32 GODFREY ROBERT - GODFREY ROBERT godfrey@sph.com.sg HERE I come to Malaysia, says Tiger Woods. Again...we should add. But what about Singapore? If CIMB can woo the former world No. 1 (and now No. 2) to play at The Mines in Kuala Lumpur again (he made his Malaysian debut in214 words
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Article, Illustration406 2012-08-07 32 Reuters US PGA TOUR veteran Jim Furyk knows better than most how cruel professional golf can be, and he was on the receiving end of a bitter reversal of fortune at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational yesterday morning. Having led the elite World Golf ChampionshipsReuters - 406 words
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Article78 2012-08-07 32 Reuters J.J. HENRY ended a gruelling six-year victory drought by capturing the Reno-Tahoe Open yesterday to return to the winner’s circle. The American Henry held off a late charge by Brazilian Alexandre Rocha for a one-point triumph in a tournament being played under Modified StablefordReuters - 78 words
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Article, Illustration205 2012-08-07 33 Mancini admits striker is not joining them MA N U S G AI N Wire Services ROBIN van Persie’s links with Manchester United have got stronger after it was revealed that he is unlikely to be a Manchester City player next season. City manager Roberto ManciniWire Services; PICTURE: ACTION IMAGES - 205 words
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Article, Illustration354 2012-08-07 33 MAN U’S LOSS? Wire Services FIRST, Manchester United were said to be close to landing Brazilian midfielder Lucas Moura for £30 million ($60m). However, reports emerged last night that Paris Saint Germain have launched a last-minute bid to hijack the move. The French club,Wire Services - 354 words
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165 2012-08-07 33 Wire Services TOTTENHAM manager Andre Villas-Boas said the club’s asking price for Luka Modric has yet to be met, and if that remains the case, he expects the Croatia international to return to first-team training. No interested party has yet come up withWire Services - 165 words
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Article180 2012-08-07 33 Wire Services NEMANJA Vidic came through 60 minutes of football unscathed as Manchester United played out a goalless draw with Norwegian side Valerenga at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo last Sunday. Danny Welbeck saw two efforts denied by goalkeeper Gudmund Kongshavn in the first half andWire Services - 180 words
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Article, Illustration426 2012-08-07 34 / 35 SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ - SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg HE TURNS 42 on Sunday, but Aleksandar Duric vows he won’t stop plundering goals for the Lions, at least until he hangs up his boots at the end of the year. The elder statesman of the national team is to be426 words
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376 2012-08-07 34 / 35 OLYMPICS AP AUSTRALIAN Olympic Committee president John Coates blames the failure of his country’s athletes to achieve the expected gold-medal success from the London Games on a shortage of government funding and a lack of compulsory sport in schools. The failure ofAP - 376 words
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Article, Illustration481 2012-08-07 34 / 35 BADMINTON Wire Services MALAYSIANS joined in an outpouring of sympathy yesterday for badminton star Lee Chong Wei, after his heart-breaking loss in the London Games men’s singles final extended the nation’s wait for a first Olympic gold. Malaysia has now accumulated five Olympic medalsWire Services; PICTURES: REUTERS, AP, AFP - 481 words
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Article, Illustration621 2012-08-07 34 / 35 LIM SAY HENG - OUR MAN IN LONDON After stunning loss to Japan, S’pore’s women’s team face huge test against Korea for bronze TABLE TENNIS LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg THE CAMPAIGN had started off on such a positive note, with two players in the women’s singles event. In the end,621 words
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Article, Illustration511 2012-08-07 34 / 35 Ronald Susilo - Ronald Susilo npsports@sph.com.sg THE LONDON 2012 Games men’s badminton final ended in thrilling fashion, with China’s Lin Dan defeating Malaysian Lee Chong Wei for the second consecutive Olympic final. The score read 15-21, 21-10, 21-19 and it was a nail-biting finish. It was511 words
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Article, Illustration673 2012-08-07 36 / 37 ATHLETICS AP Disappointment, tears and that oh-so-unsatisfying colour bronze are all in the past for Sanya Richards-Ross. On this trip to the Olympics, she closed the deal. Four years after a late fade left her crying and wearing the Olympic bronze medal, Richards-Ross wonAP; PICTURES: AFP - 673 words
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Article, Illustration543 2012-08-07 36 / 37 LIM SAY HENG - Singaporean fails to meet target but eyes a new national record by year’s end OUR MAN IN LONDON LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg SHE SET a new national record in the 100m hurdles with a time of 14.23sec in May last year at the Chinese TaipeiPICTURE: STRAITS TIMES - 543 words
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Article, Illustration311 2012-08-07 36 / 37 Wire Services KENYAN Ezekiel Kemboi won the men’s 3,000m steeplechase for the second time yesterday morning, showing great mental strength to put aside the pressure of a court case he faces back home. The 30-year-old who faces trial for allegedly stabbing a woman earlier thisWire Services - 311 words
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170 2012-08-07 36 / 37 AFP NICHOLAS Delpopolo has been disqualified from the Olympics after admitting consuming food spiked with marijuana. Delpopolo, who fought in the men’s 73kg category of the judo competition and finished seventh, failed a drugs test carried out on July 30 which showed traces ofAFP - 170 words
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138 2012-08-07 36 / 37 Reuters LONDON Olympic organisers have promised zero tolerance towards anyone looking to disrupt an event at the Games, after a man was arrested for throwing a bottle onto the track before the start of the men’s 100m final. The man lobbed theReuters - 138 words
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Article142 2012-08-07 36 / 37 G S B T 1 China 31 19 14 64 2 US 28 14 19 61 3 Great Britain 17 11 11 39 4 South Korea 11 5 6 22 5 France 8 8 9 25 6 Italy 7 6 4 17 7 Kazakhstan 6 0 0 6142 words
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Article, Illustration643 2012-08-07 38 / 39 SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ - SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ speaks to former national sprinters HAMKAH AFIK and MUHD HOSNI about Bolt’s amazing race HOW BOLT WON SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ THE START FOR someone who won the race so convincingly, Usain Bolt’s less-than-impressive start was perhaps a bit of a surprise. DespitePICTURES: AP, AFP - 643 words
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Article879 2012-08-07 38 / 39 Sprint wonder defends his 100m gold in the fastest race of all time, and he’s not finished Wire Services IT’S THE greatest show on Earth now, wherever he goes. There’s nothing else like it, the rumours, the entourage, the celebrating, the foolishness, the dramaWire Services - 879 words
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Article, Illustration787 2012-08-07 40 / 41 MEN’S FOOTBALL Jeers won’t make him change his game, says the Brazil star AP NEYMAR is hearing more reaction from the crowd over his perceived dives than his goals at the London Games. The Brazilian star hasn’t received a very warm reception from theAP; PICTURE: AFP - 787 words
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Article, Illustration561 2012-08-07 40 / 41 Wire Services MEXICO may have lost 2-1 to Japan in a friendly match last month, but their coach Luis Tena is positive about his side’s chances ahead of their semi-fi-nal clash at Wembley Stadium tonight. Tena’s optimism stems from their quar-ter-final win over Senegal lastWire Services; PICTURE: AP - 561 words
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Article218 2012-08-07 40 / 41 WHAT’S ON I 4.55pm: Athletics Integrated preliminaries (ESPN 1, Ch 134) I 5.37pm: Hockey Men’s pool: Australia v Pakistan (ESPN 5, Ch 138) I 5.56pm: Table Tennis Women’s team bronze medal play-off: Singapore v South Korea (ESPN 6, Ch 139) I 7.51pm: Volleyball Women’s quarter-finals Japan v China218 words
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Article, Illustration600 2012-08-07 42 / 43 GARY LIM - The Europeans are out. It’s now up to Japan and South Korea to make it happen: An all-Asian Olympic Games final GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg MEN’S FOOTBALL SEMI-FINALS MEXICO v JAPAN (Today, 11.52pm, SingTel mioTV Ch 141) SOUTH KOREA v BRAZIL (Tomorrow, 2.36am, SingTelPICTURES: AFP, REUTERS - 600 words
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Article, Illustration360 2012-08-07 42 / 43 GARY LIM - GARY LIM THE MOMENT of truth beckons for South Korea. Tomorrow morning (Singapore time), they will attempt the near-impossible: Beat Brazil. In defeating Great Britain in the quarter-finals, the Koreans reached the Olympics semi-finals for the first time. It would take a brave man to360 words
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ON TV
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Article110 2012-08-07 42 / 43 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 SingTel StarHub, subject to change LIVE TELECASTS MAN UNITED SUMMER TOUR 2012 Thursday: I MAN UNITED v BARCELONA StarHub TV Ch 222 (Football Channel), 1.55am Sunday: I HANNOVER v MAN UNITED StarHub110 words
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Article38 2012-08-07 42 / 43 Today: I DAY 11 SingTel mioTVCh 114 (ESPN), 3pm 8.30pm; Ch 115 (STAR Sports) Ch 117 (ESPN HD), 3.55pm; MediaCorp Ch 5,4pm; Ch U, 7.30pm; okto, mn I PRIMETIME UPDATE SingTel mio TV Ch 114 (ESPN), 8pm38 words
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Article14 2012-08-07 42 / 43 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP Friday: I DAY 1 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), 2am14 words
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Article77 2012-08-07 42 / 43 ATP 1000 ROGERS CUP Today: I DAY 2, ROUND 1 2 StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 11 pm Tomorrow: I DAY 3, ROUND 2 StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 11 pm Thursday: I DAY 4, LAST 16 StarHub TV77 words
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Article, Illustration116 2012-08-07 2 CHNG CHOON HIONG - IN YOUR FACE http://www.loudr.sg Music to the max CHNG CHOON HIONG chngch@sph.com.sg NEVER has there been so much celebrity baby buzz in Singapore until local Mandopop queen Stefanie Sun announced her first pregnancy in May this year. Though the 34-year-old singer has been stingy with details she’s116 words
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Article, Illustration47 2012-08-07 2 LOCAL rocker Sylvester Sim married his Chinese dancer girlfriend of five years last Saturday, reported citizen journalism website Stomp. The 29-year-old Singapore Idol runner-up, who posted photos of the ceremony on Twitter, confirmed his marriage when a friend on Twitter asked him about it.47 words
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Article, Illustration78 2012-08-07 2 HOMEGROWN Mandopop songbird Joi Chua is back with a new EP, Perspectives. Unlike her previous albums which were produced and distributed by Warner Music, Perspectives is entirely self-financed by the 34-year-old, under her own label, Joi Music. It is currently available for pre-order via her78 words
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Article, Illustration82 2012-08-07 2 AFTER bringing the house down at music festival Baybeats in June, local death metal veterans Rudra have been busying themselves with overseas performances. Last Sunday, the quartet played alongside metal acts from Malaysia and Thailand at Salvation Metal Festival, held at Bangkok’s Barbies82 words
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Article, Illustration142 2012-08-07 2 LOCAL musicians JJ Lin and Tanya Chua emerged big winners at Hong Kong’s Metro Radio Mandarin Hits Music Awards on Sunday night. The annual event saw Lin, 31, and Chua, 37, each taking three awards. Lin bagged Best Mandarin Producer, Asia’s Popular Idol and Asia’s Singer-Songwriter, while Chua,142 words
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Article, Illustration674 2012-08-07 3 TAN KEE YUN - star pop Chinese local next the become to race the in winner clear no There’s http://www.loudr.sg Music to the max REPORT: TAN KEE YUN keeyunt@sph.com.sg THERE will come a day when local Mandopop bigwigs like Tanya Chua, JJ Lin and Stefanie Sun hand over the reins of success674 words
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Article, Illustration952 2012-08-07 4 / 5 JULIANA JUNE RASUL - NEW EXPERIMENT back pushed been has Litmus, album, new their of release the why LOUD tell rockers indie Local http://www.loudr.sg Music to the max REPORT: JULIANA JUNE RASUL julrasul@sph.com.sg BETWEEN their successful debut album in 2007 and the long-awaited second piece that’s supposed to be outTNP PICTURE: BENJAMIN SEETOR - 952 words
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Article, Illustration795 2012-08-07 6 / 7 KWOK KAR PENG - comes it when Parade Day National the than stage bigger no is There Taiwan-based the for enough not still it’s but exposure, to tour world a on set sights her has who Singaporean, BREAKING OUT TO COME HOME http://www.loudr.sg Music to the max REPORT: KWOK KAR PENG karpengk@sph.com.sgPICTURE: HIM INTERNATIONAL - 795 words
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Article, Illustration296 2012-08-07 6 / 7 What music gets you going? In this special edition of our regular column, LOUD asks our local artists what’s on their music players right now Mark Bonafide, 33, rapper His solo debut album, The Bonafide Experience, was released in 2009. He’s now working on his second album,296 words
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Article, Illustration769 2012-08-07 6 / 7 JULIANA JUNE RASUL - headway making is singer-songwriter LA-based e t Ong, Olivia Like career her in point some at S’pore to return will she says but overseas, INCH BY INCH http://www.loudr.sg Music to the max REPORT: JULIANA JUNE RASUL julrasul@sph.com.sg IT HAS been an extraordinary year for local singer-songwriter Inch Chua.TNP PICTURE: NURJANNAH ZULKIFLI - 769 words
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Article, Illustration583 2012-08-07 12 CATHERINE ROBERT - fame to fun turned they ow LOUD tell io t pop-R&B Local THE ONLY WAY IS UP http://www.loudr.sg Music to the max REPORT: CATHERINE ROBERT crobert@sph.com.sg WHAT started out as a co-curricular activity two years ago has turned into a serious business for local pop-R&Btrio Northbound. Nanyang Polytechnic studentsTNP PICTURE: NURJANNAH ZULKIFLI - 583 words
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Article, Illustration153 2012-08-07 4 / 5 JR - http://www.loudr.sg Music to the max JR This alternative folk four-piece requires your attention. Not just because the dark themes of their music are surprising for a band so young they’re all either 19 or 20 but because the songwriting is worth taking note of. Taking their cues from153 words
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Article, Illustration158 2012-08-07 4 / 5 JR - JR PRONOUNCED ‘an echo is’, this local post-progressive rock band is only a year old, but has been making waves with their live show and inspiring comparisons with another great local post-rock band, B-Quartet. Their lush sound is easy to get lost in. Songs off their debut EP, A158 words
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Article, Illustration131 2012-08-07 4 / 5 JR - JR If you’re a fan of indie easy-listening, Pleasantry’s the band for you. There’s a lightness to their indie pop-rock that suggests they hit the nail on the head with their band name. Formed in 2010 with members from the now-defunct local band Postbox, as well as with members131 words
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Article, Illustration128 2012-08-07 4 / 5 JR - JR they started out in secondary school have come into their own as worthy headliners. Named after a wild cat and inspired by the sounds of US bands Incubus, Foo Fighters and Thrice, Caracal rock fast and hard, with confessional lyrics overlaid on fiercely energetic guitars and drums. They’ve128 words
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Article, Illustration308 2012-08-07 6 / 7 KC - KC Lim’s intelligent lyrics backed up with a neo-soul soundtrack belie his youth. The 23-year-old is so insanely enthusiastic, he started off knocking on bar doors for gigs when he was 15. Back in May, he was busy coming off months of touring Asia and Australia, picking up308 words
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Article, Illustration156 2012-08-07 6 / 7 KC - KC page of the controversial site, giving thousands around the world access to their slow-burning folk-rock tracks. And we love their stage monickers: Psycho Cat, Hentai Cat, Copy Cat and Zen Cat. The band, made up of full-time musicians, blazed through seven shows in 10 days during their156 words
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Article, Illustration254 2012-08-07 9 KC - KC WE CAUGHT 20-year-old Gema Putra at local audio-visual collective Syndicate’s first Subsessions at The Substation’s recital room in March. Honestly, we weren’t too sure what to expect from the opening act for instrumental rock outfit, Muon, on a night featuring visual showpieces alongside experimental music. But were we254 words
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Article, Illustration199 2012-08-07 10 / 11 Kane Cunico - Kane Cunico ITS members may have kept changing since it was formed in 1997, but what hasn’t changed for a cappella outfit Vocaluptuous is their delivery of soothing originals and covers always with class and panache. With their jazz and pitch-perfect harmonies, they have entertained the who’s who ofPICTURE: ALEX OW - 199 words
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Article186 2012-08-07 8 Megadeth TH1RT3EN World Tour Live in Singapore 2012 Rock to US heavy metal band Megadeth, who return to Fort Canning Park after their raucous 2007 gig as part of their United Abominations Tour of Duty. They are touring to promote their 13th album, aptly titled Thirteen,186 words
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Article, Illustration677 2012-08-07 8 KANE CUNICO - doing album, new his about electronic rtis e alks stigma a off shaking and years 20 almost for music BEATS DECONSTRUCTED http://www.loudr.sg Music to the max REPORT: KANE CUNICO kbcunico@sph.com.sg A S A joke, we thought it’d be funny to introduce Jonathan Nah, commonly known as Kiat, as Singapore’sPICTURE: SIMON HARSENT; ALBUM ART: AFIQ OMAR - 677 words
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Article, Illustration497 2012-08-07 9 http://www.loudr.sg Music to the max SINGAPORE’S music scene rarely gets much recognition because the market isn’t exactly very big. In the past, when asked to name local artistes, one could only think of a handful. However, they are evolving and enjoying a greater mainstreamTNP FILE PICTURE, MOHD ISHAK - 497 words
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Article, Illustration699 2012-08-07 10 / 11 JULIANA JUNE RASUL - Katy down strip participants Contest Cover chance win to ways unique in songs Chou Jay LOUD month next Padang at live idols watch Perry, to http://www.loudr.sg Music to the max REPORT: JULIANA JUNE RASUL julrasul@sph.com.sg CREATIVITY and heart got the judges’ attention for last month’s LOUD Cover Contest.PICTURE: COURTESY OF STEVE SOH; PICTURE: COURTESY OF FAUZI JAFFERI - 699 words
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Article, Illustration408 2012-08-07 10 / 11 Kevin Tan, 29, owner of a video production house and Sera Underhill, 24, speech and drama teacher cover of Katy Perry’s Firework “It’s very encouraging to know that we’re one of the finalists and to hear someone say that we’re brilliant.” Kevin (above) “So408 words
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Article, Illustration471 2012-08-07 10 / 11 Juliana June Rasul - LOUD Cover Contest finalists to perform at Timbre Substation next week http://www.loudr.sg Music to the max Juliana June Rasul ON A balmy evening last week, Mr Danny Loong held court at a table at Timbre Substation. Around him were the finalists of the Jason Mraz editionTNP PICTURES: MELISSA CHUE - 471 words
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Advertisement163 2012-08-07 2 Majulah Singapura, a capella style In celebration of our National Day, the boys of pop/R&B trio Northbound made a cool, a capella cover of our national anthem. Check it out online! Katy Perry and Jay Chou cover winners ‘Brilliant’, ‘cool’ and ‘awesome’ are some of the words our LOUD Cover163 words
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