The New Paper, 12 August 2012

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    12 1 the new paper on sunday Aug *****2 80 CENTS MICA (P) 089/01/2012
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      87 1 K F Seetoh: the new paper Aug 12 2012 NDP should feature hawker fare, too S M Ong: 26 I’ll have my NDP stirred, not shaken Two readers share $4,000 36 Look inside for today’s numbers Olympic bronze in the bag, now... Find me a MAN Game to be S’pore
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Anti-foreigner sentiments can’t be ignored
      563 2  -  JONATHAN ROBERTS jonrob@sph.com.sg I expect our lead feature will cause some drastically differing opinions, as it relates to immigration. It arose from the reaction to Singapore’s Feng Tianwei winning the bronze medal for table tennis in the Olympics. For some, her winning of the first
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      160 2 FEATURES 4 A question of belonging Profiles of migrants trying to make it in Singapore. Do they feel this is home? 12 Love online The trials of trying to find a partner on the Internet 14 Jay’s dancer Jay Chou’s lead dancer Erica Song Jones is calling the shots in
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  • PEOPLE
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      Lock icon I want S’pore hubby to... take good care of me
      816 3  -  REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg She has scaled the heights of Olympic glory. Now she seeks to excel in a different game the dating one. The search for a boyfriend has begun for bronze medal-winning star paddler Feng Tianwei. He must
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      Lock icon Forget the flaming. They’re here for... Fortune & Fame
      962 4 / 5  - Forget the flaming. They’re here for... Fortune Fame We, the citizens of Singapore, pledge ourselves as one united people... But what if you are not born here, are seen as taking away jobs from locals, hell-bent on snaring Singapore husbands and driving up HDB resale prices? What if your strong
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      Lock icon He became a millionaire at 27
      226 4 / 5 WHO: Kevin Feng, 30 JOB: Real estate agent FROM: Hubei, China CAME TO S’PORE:In 2003, when he was offered a PhD scholarship to study computer engineering at Nanyang Technological University (NTU). DO I BELONG? Without a doubt, yes. I am now a Singaporean citizen.
      PICTURES: BENJAMIN SEETOR, JONATHAN CHOO, STARHUB  -  226 words
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      Lock icon Teen is hit of reality show here
      172 4 / 5 WHO: Zhang Chi, 19 JOB: Student FROM: China CAME TO S’PORE: I came here in May to study music. I want to pursue a career in the field. I enrolled in Singapore Raffles Music College and I just started the school term. The
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    • Good and bad... we take it all
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        Lock icon Not all China women chase S’pore men
        195 6 / 7 WHO: Deng La Mei, 44 JOB: Study mama FROM: China CAME TO S’PORE: March last year DO I BELONG? I did my homework when we (she and her husband) decided to send our son, 16, to study here. He’s in Secondary 2 now.
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        Lock icon Aunty led me by hand to MRT station
        149 6 / 7 WHO: Eri Nakajima, 39 JOB: Senior manager at Shunji Matsuo hair studio FROM: Japan CAME TO S’PORE:In 2008, after landing a job as an editor of a Japanese magazine for expatriates. DO I BELONG? I see Singapore as my second home. When
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        Lock icon I love the desire to excel
        177 6 / 7 WHO: Chan Kwok, 56 JOB: Group master chef of Cantonese restaurant HuaTing FROM: Hong Kong CAME TO S’PORE: I came here in 1981 but left in 1984. I returned three years later and Singapore has since become home. In 1990, I became a Singaporean.
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        Lock icon Awed that lost wallet was returned
        201 6 / 7 WHO: Cai Yiyu, 50 JOB: Associate professor at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) FROM: China CAME TO S’PORE:In 1992, to do a PhD course at the National University of Singapore, where he studied mechanical engineering. Before coming to Singapore, he was a lecturer at Zhejiang
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        Lock icon I even say ‘aiyoh’ and ‘very shiok’
        164 6 / 7 WHO: Kate Porter, 36 JOB: Yoga teacher who owns a studio FROM: South Africa CAME TO S’PORE:In 2005, with her husband, whose job moved him here. He now works in a publishing firm. DO I BELONG? This is most definitely home for me
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        Lock icon I’ll retire in China with pension
        182 6 / 7 WHO: Chen Ping, 50 JOB: Chief physician at Bao Zhong Tang TCM Centre FROM: China CAME TO S’PORE:In 2008, after the hospital he worked at posted him here. DO I BELONG? For now, but Singapore is not home. On the surface, Singaporeans seem to
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        Lock icon Colleagues help me pull through
        186 6 / 7 WHO: Ruby Shim, 31 JOB: Assistant guest relations manager at Orchard Hotel FROM: South Korea CAME TO S’PORE: Ms Shim came here nine years ago for a job and has worked her way up. She became a Singapore PR in 2008. DO I BELONG? I’d
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        Lock icon I appreciate the stability here
        176 6 / 7 WHO:Uma Kant Tiwari, 39 JOB: Chief operating officer for Greenlam Asia Pacific. The main business in India is listed. FROM: India CAME TO S’PORE:In 2005. Became a Singapore permanent resident a year later. DO I BELONG? Yes, Singapore has become my home. My wife, 38,
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      Lock icon She’s undeterred by pictures of naked men
      759 12 / 13  -  Women explain why they are still drawn to dating applications despite unsavoury encounters REPORT: ZUL OTHMAN zothman@sph.com.sg She thought nothing of uploading her photo online using a smartphone app called Skout. But within hours, she was flooded with pictures from men of their
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      Lock icon Local dating sites screen profiles, ban dishonest users
      327 12 / 13  -  REPORT: FOO JIE YING fjieying@sph.com.sg A check by The New Paper on Sunday found that online speed dating sites here do have safeguards. But at the end of the day, says Ms Betty Goh, co-founder of match making agency Affinity Again, there
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      Lock icon I had heard of him, but...
      1290 14 / 15  -  Star of reality TV show Jay Chou’s videos says: REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg She has captured the Imagination of people here. Wherever she goes, people recognise her and ask for her autograph or a photo with her. The irony is, she isn’t even in
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      Lock icon Pain suffers pain over Facebook post
      431 19 He promises to cut his genitals ifM’sia wins in diving. Now... If Malaysian netizens had their way, life for Mr Johari Pain could soon get really painful. Hours before 19-year-old Malaysian diver Pandelela Rinong clinched a bronze medal at the London Olympics at 3am
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      Lock icon 183 trapped as KL monorail train stalls
      330 19 It was a long and anxious hour for 183 train passengers yesterday. The monorail train they were on stalled on the tracks at Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, at about 2pm, reported the New Straits Times. A Hang Tuah Fire and Rescue operations room spokesman
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      Lock icon They ‘liked’ – & lost their jobs
      519 20 They ‘liked’ lost their jobs Six fired for supporting boss’s rival on Facebook Be careful what or who you “like” on Facebook you could get fired for it. That was what happened to Mr Daniel Ray Carter Jr and five others after they clicked the “Like” button on a Facebook
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      Lock icon Bikini babes make it a flight risque
      392 21 Think you know a great way to fly? Then you probably haven’t seen bikini-clad beauty queens strutting down the aisle during your flight. That was what happened during a Vietjet Air flight on Aug 3. The women made their way through the packed
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    • Article
      Lock icon Couple refuse to fly without XL first-class PJs
      431 21 A Qantas flight from Los Angeles to Melbourne was held up by a problem an XL-sizedone. An Australian couple threw a tantrum after the airline couldn’t provide the first-class XL-sized pyjamas they wanted. They complained to the flight crew as the A380
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      Lock icon Fingernails grow all over her body
      549 22 Illness strikes US woman after she takes steroids for asthma Instead of hair follicles, Ms Shanyna Isom has fingernails growing out of her skin. The woman has an unidentified illness which has baffled doctors and left her struggling to walk and perform daily chores.
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      Lock icon Fashion gold?
      262 28 Designer Giorgio Armani predicted that the London Olympics would be the most stylish ever. While plaudits have come for the Jamaican teams outfits designed by Cedella Marley, daughter of reggae legend Bob Marley as well as for the French equestrian team’s Hermes-designed blazers, the couture of other countries
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      Lock icon The candy men can
      465 30 / 31  -  Want to put your heart where your mouth is? Report Pictures BENJAMIN SEETOR bensee@sph.com. sg It bears the sweet taste of success. Rock candy is proving to be popular in Singapore with several outlets selling bags and jars of the brightly-coloured cylindrical sweets. But if you
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  • SNAPSHOT
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      Lock icon Romney chooses Ryan as VP running mate
      291 8 / 9 Reuters Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said yesterday he has chosen Congressman Paul Ryan as his vice-presidential running mate. It’s a move that will bring the debate over how to reduce government spending and debt to the forefront of the race for the
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      Lock icon BIG PICTURE
      93 8 / 9 BLOWING UP A NEW RECORD: About 250 students, residents and grassroots volunteers from Yew Tee constituency took 21 hours to create this Singapore flag made entirely of balloons. The 22m-by-14.7m flag is made up of about 19,400 red and white balloons and is now in the Singapore Book
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    • Article
      Lock icon ‘Heartware’, birth rate stressed
      425 8 / 9 Prime Minister, senior leaders on Singapore’s future It’s not just the hardware. Singapore needs to work on the “heartware” too. It’s not just the economic growth figures, intangible factors matter too, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. You can’t measure them. “You cannot report that
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      Lock icon Five men arrested in illegal gambling den bust in Geylang
      99 8 / 9 THE police have arrested five men for operating and gaming in an illegal gambling den at a private residential unit on Geylang Road on Friday. The five are aged between 53 and 59. One of the suspects, aged 59, is
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      Lock icon More than 50 dead in bus accident in India
      113 8 / 9 AP FIFTY-TWO people were killed and 46 injured when an overloaded bus fell into a deep gorge in a mountainous area of northern India yesterday. The driver had lost control of the bus on a sharp bend of the road in
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      Lock icon Japan may ask International Court to rule on disputed islands
      135 8 / 9 AFP JAPAN could ask the International Court of Justice to settle a dec-ades-long row with South Korea over a disputed island group, Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba said yesterday. It comes a day after South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak made a
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      Lock icon BOOBOO BOX
      231 8 / 9 15 minutes The length of time that a drunken Norwegian tourist, 36, spent sleeping on a baggage belt at a Rome airport before he showed up on an X-ray screen and was removed. The man, who had got on the belt at an unmanned check-in counter, was taken
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      Lock icon A MONTH FOR MUSEUMS PART 1
      53 8 / 9  -  To celebrate Singapore’s 47th birthday, National Heritage Board is giving free entry to all its museums in August. I took this opportunity to visit Memories at Old Ford Factory a museum collecting artifacts and stories about Singapore during World War II. ARTIST’S IMPRESSION TEOH
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      Lock icon HAPPINESS INDEX
      179 10 We rate the week’s news good and bad The Retail Price Watch Group says food price rises seem to be easing. In the first half of the year, food inflation was at 2.7 per cent, compared with 2.8 per cent in the same period last year. Prices were
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      Lock icon Bingo winner almost couldn’t collect his prize
      533 10 He is one of two winners who shares the $4,000 cash prize yesterday Just 10 minutes shy of the 9pm deadline, he arrived to claim his Bingo cash prize. Mr Mohammad Sazali Hamid, 27, and his friend got lost trying to get to
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  • Page 8 / 9 Miscellaneous
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      97 10 Final few days to register for THE NEW PAPER BIG WALK and get... FREE dENIZEN T-SHIRT worth $29.90 and dENiZEN discount vouchers worth $50 ...along with other goodies totalling more than $700 Download the registration form at www.tnp.sg/bigwalk Register at the following locations from 11am to 8pm TODAY, FRI, SAT
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      383 11 5KMROUTECentraltoMarinaBarrageDATE2September2012,SundayTIME7.45amtonoon Do your bit for the elderly* Walk the heritagetalk Go green and 2012 Sunb^g $700Grab over worth of goodies *Part of the proceeds from registration will go to Project Helping Hands, TNP’s adopted charity which aims to install wireless motion sensors in the homes of elderly people who live
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      101 14 / 15 Win The Cold Light Of Day preview tickets HENRY Cavill plays Will, a young Wall Street trader who finds himself in a lot of trouble after intelligence agents kidnap his family. He discovers that the source of all his trouble is his father Martin (Bruce Willis), who turns out to
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      96 14 / 15 Final few days to register for THE NEW PAPER BIG WALK and get e ...along with other goodies totalling more than $700 Download the registration form at www.tnp.sg/bigwalk $350 Star Cruises discount voucher Register at the following locations from 11am to 8pm TODAY, FRI, SAT SUN AUG 17-19 Gain City
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  • CONFESSIONS OF A RAMADAN BAZAAR VENDOR
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      Lock icon Don’t try haggling with her
      823 16  -  ZUL OTHMAN zothman@sph.com.sg Once a year, she bids for the space to setup shop at the annual Ramadan bazaar at Geylang. This year, Madam Sharifah Khadijah Syed Edrus Al Edrus managed to get a 9,000 sq ft space at an open field near Kampong Ubi
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      159 17 BIG COMPANIES are looking for employees at STJobs. You too should look no further to find a job. A*Star Breadtalk CAAS Capita Certis Changi Airport CIMB Bank CISCO Security Coffee Club Dairy Farm Singapore Davy International DFS Venture Ducktours Singapore Esprit Retail Halliburton Construction Manufacturing Hyundai Engineering Construction Ikano Group
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      555 18 Come bond at the One Community Walk Brought to you by People’s Association MS GILLIAN Goh was apprehensive when she was first asked to take part in this year’s One Community Walk (OCW) as a division leader for Sembawang. But any nerves the 22-year-old sociology major at Singapore Management University
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      27 20 The boss serves tables. Where are all the waiters? Astrology Services W 6333 5522 No.1, Sophia Rd #05-32, Peace Centre Singapore *****9 www.royalastrologers.com Quality Education Since 1964.
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      99 22 Final few days to register for THE NEW PAPER BIG WALK and get... A FREE QUARTER CHICKEN worth $10.90 from Nando’s Peri-Peri Flame-Grilled Chicken Singapore ...along with other goodies totalling more than $700 Download the registration form at www.tnp.sg/bigwalk Register at the following locations from 11 am to 8pm TODAY,
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      1019 23 I Racegoers scrutinising the horses at the parade ring before placing their bets. I It’s very important to see how a horse handles itself on a race day, says Kranji track specialist Andrew Frost. It pays to cast your eyes on the contenders at the parade ring Some signs to
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  • EATS
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      Lock icon HED CHEF
      408 24  -  HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg It’s smooth, creamy and tasty all at once. Lemak lodeh is the perfect dish for a family gathering, says Madam Zubaidah Mahamood, 60, a housewife. The dish is essentially rice cakes (lontong) soaked in thick curried vegetable gravy. She shares her treasured family recipe that
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      Lock icon Lemak lodeh
      311 24 For sambal tumis I 1/2tbsp tamarind I 50ml water I 1 tbsp sugar I 1/2tsp salt I 50ml cooking oil I 100g dried chillies I 4 purple onions I 1 garlic clove I 2.5cm-thick piece of belacan Method I Grind the chillies, onions, clove and belacan to get
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      Lock icon Baking 101: Planning your pans
      756 25  -  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 Anyone planning to bake should invest in good cookie sheets and pans. Do not penny pinch
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      Lock icon This is home, truly... at the hawker centre
      382 26  -  K F SEETOH tnp@sph.com.sg As usual, it was a “hair stand” National Day Parade for me. I always get a lump in my throat at the fly-past, the trailers showing regular Singaporeans and their declarations of how this tiny island is home
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      Lock icon A National Day ‘Feastival’
      602 26 Imagine if there were giant cauldrons of laksa curry, teochew bak kut teh, chicken rice and teh tarik all being warmed and heated up for a grand post-National Day Parade party. Imagine that at this party, there’s only food that is “truly Singapore” food that our
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      51 26 I Makansutra, founded by KF Seetoh, is a company that celebrates Asian food culture and lifestyle. It publishes food guides in and around the region, produces a food television series, develops interactive mobile content and services, operates food courts and eateries, organises food tours and events and consults on culinary
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  • LIVE RIGHT
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      Lock icon A hello to arms
      620 27 If you’ve been watching the Olympics, chances are you’ve been marvelling at the physiques on show. But, of course, you don’t have a lifetime of training to build such muscles. Here are some ways to create arms that would look good in a singlet FOUR WAYS
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  • HUMOUR
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      Lock icon Going for gold, Singapore-style
      43 29 Still coming to terms with Olympic medals being won by foreign talent? Perhaps there maybe some sports in which homegrown Singaporeans stand a chance. The New Paper on Sunday’s artists offer some suggestions for the 2016 Olympics SIMON ANG
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      Lock icon 47 reasons why I love Singapore (all right, 7)
      808 35  -  NOTES NEIL HUMPHREYS tnp@sph.com.sg After two weeks in Australia, I returned to Singapore in the middle of its 47th birthday celebrations and realised I was thoroughly delighted to be home. So in the spirit of National Day optimism, here are seven
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      Lock icon How NDP is like James Bond movies
      670 36  -  ACT BLUR S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg Is the National Day Parade (NDP) a victim of sequelitis? Since we celebrated Singapore’s 47th birthday on Thursday (assuming we had a parade for every National Day), that makes NDP 2012 the 46th sequel. That’s like 39
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    • REALLY? Odd news that’s for real
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        Lock icon Druggie busts self after dialling cops during deal
        139 36 A US man in the town of Scranton, Pennsylvania, accidentally dialled 911 in the middle of a drug deal, leading to his entire conversation being recorded as was his subsequent arrest. The police say they nabbed 24-year-old Justin Kryzanowski on Wednesday after
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      • Article
        Lock icon A bear walks into a candy store... and this is no joke
        169 36 A bear in the US state of Colorado raided a candy store multiple times early on July 25. It used the front door and didn’t break a thing. It, however, did steal treats from the store, including toffee
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        Lock icon Order a TV online, get assault rifle instead
        129 36 AP A US man in Washington DC who ordered a flat-screen TV from Amazon.com was shocked to receive a semi-automatic assault rifle instead. Mr Seth Horvitz (above), 38, said he bought the 39-inch television from a third-party seller. A box arrived from
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  • SECRET SHOPPER
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      Lock icon A nook for books
      751 32 A friend once told me that happiness is to be in a haven filled with books, coffee and people with enquiring minds. Well, luckily for her, this secret shopper found what could be the perfect place Littered With Books. This two-storey bookstore on Duxton Road stocks
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  • AFFORD/ASPIRE
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      Lock icon Neon’s new dawn
      218 33  -  REPORT: NG EE CHING neeching@sph.com.sg The trend died after a brief fashion boom in the 80s, but it’s set to make a stunning revival. These vibrant colours have made an electrifying comeback on this year’s fashion runways. But just a word of caution: Neon has to be
      PICTURES: CLUB21 SINGAPORE, H&M SINGAPORE, ZALORA.SG, TOPSHOP  -  218 words
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      278 33 30 th AUG 2 nd SEPT 2012 Join us at Suntec Singapore THE BIGGEST I.T CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITION IN SINGAPORE WORTH WAITING FOR www.comexshow.com.sg EXCLUSIVE SHOW OFFERS >> NEW PRODUCTS GREAT BARGAINS >> HUGE SAVINGS FOR PERSONAL, BUSINESS OR HOME WORTH WAITING FOR! 330,000 sq ft of I.T, Digital Entertainment,
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  • WHEELS
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      Lock icon Keep cool & stay alert to stay safe
      782 34  - Keep cool stay alert to stay safe BIKER BOY Behind every helmet is a compelling tale. This is the third of six stories in conjunction with Singapore Ride Safe 2012 ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg He is part of the legion of motorcyclists who deliver things for your convenience. Rain or
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      82 34 TREASURE LIFE RIDE FOR LIFE You owe it to your loved ones to make it home safely each day. Always ride with care and responsibility. Be Alert Wear Proper Attire Signal Well In Advance Maintain Your Bike Properly Keep Within The Speed Limit Do Not Weave Through Traffic Wear Approved
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  • TV
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      Lock icon If I could sing, my love life would be a smash
      663 37  -  BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg If I want to kick-start my love life, I really need to learn how to sing and dance well, that’s what TV seems to be telling me. TV musicals are packed with romantic entanglements and the
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      302 37 1 I TBE«ts MP 1 Jit t m! m\ fh Wm < c;rST a comprehensive Don't miss your C °PJ tinq w ith reviews, articles AFiDi'jJ HE TEAM THAT IGHT YOU RED n iO m fhr Y I PG13 (Brief Coarse Language and Some Violence) When Will Shaw (Henry Cavill)
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  • RACING
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      Lock icon New owners ecstatic as Ronnie Brown wins first-up
      504 38 / 39 STC Owners dream of finding that good horse and, when it’s their first, it is even more special. First-time owners, as a part of the Mummify Stable, landed their first success with their first runner in the $65,000 Restricted Maiden over 1,000m
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      Lock icon TODAY’S SINGAPORE (POLYTRACK) RACE CARD
      1739 38 / 39 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 C5 12.50 -1700m Stakes: $35,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex, trainer-owner) 1 6-3132 Reciprocate 59 (43) B Vorster 10 (7ag Sam Chua-A Ruyters H Elias) 2 85-987 My Field 58 (41) TH Koh* c2 4
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      Lock icon ROCK YOU (Race 11 No. 2)
      148 38 / 39  -  BESTBET TAN THEAN LOON Just on his recent record of three seconds in his last three starts, ROCK YOU is certainly deserving of an overdue win in Race 11 today. In his last two outings, the sparing-ly-raced Hideyuki Takaoka-trained six-year-old was beaten by only
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      Lock icon SUNDAY TIPS
      538 38 / 39 Tan Thean Loon Andrew Frost Brian Miller Mr X 1 RACE 3 1 9 Equience 9 Reciprocate Happy More Equience 3 9 Reciprocate 3 1 Happy More 2 Happy More Equience Happy More 4 3 7 My Field Merlin Mesti Boleh Oil Baron Equience My Way Takeshi 8
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      Lock icon Unlucky Rock You looks overdue
      1870 40 / 41 ANDREW FROST’S COMMENTS ON TOD A Y’S KRANJI POL YTRACK MEETING RACE 1 (1,700m) 1 Reciprocate)))Super consistent and, despite 59kg, looks the one to beat in this. 2 My Field))Hasn’t threatened for a while but should be a horse to follow in this grade and
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S PENANG RESULTS
      573 40 / 41 Race 1 C5 1300m 2 DUSKY MAIDEN 56.5 c 55.5 (141-34) J Shankar (4) 1 1 1 (428) 7 INCREDIBLE KING 54 c 55 (13-5.10) M Djulkifli (5) 9 8 2 (564) 3.5 C*****m XWinning stable: King Croesus. Trainer: YN Liew. Time: 1min 17.70sec (Going: good). Forecast:
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      Lock icon Alan Ng gets a Shinkansen ride
      512 40 / 41 STC A well-rated front-running ride by jockey Alan Ng in the $55,000 Class 4 race over 1,000m on Polytrack on Friday night paved the way to SHINKANSEN posting his seventh win (right). Ng, who rode the seven-year-old four times before without winning, said he
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      Lock icon TODAY’S PENANG RACE CARD
      1856 42 GOING FORECAST: GOOD TAN THEAN LOON’S PENANG TIPS RACE 1 :2 Fantastic Gift 1 Colourland Kid 6 Sunny Star 3 Golden Treasure RACE 2: 9 Wishmewings 2 Geruasio 3 Simply Red 10 Hyper Power RACE 3:2 Laugh Heartily 1 World Superman 3 Tobias 4 Glory Betting
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      Lock icon Massivo, El Rijes look hard to beat
      1119 43 I TIPS AND COMMENTS COURTESY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS RACE 1 Donald (1,620m) 7 ATLAS RISING (S Fliedner) 5m (17:3-2-2): Covered ground when 2 len 5th (54.0) Orchard Street 1,600m Sandown-Hillside F&M Hcp-89 heavy trk July 18. Then finished 23/4 len 4th
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      Lock icon TODAY’S AUSTRALIA (DONALD/KALGOORLIE) RACE CARD
      215 43 1:05 Race 1 DONALD 1620M 1 MAKEADREAMCOMETRUE D W STACKHOUSE (7) 61 1620M 1 MAKEADREflMCOMETRUE DW STACKHOUSE (7) 61 2 KING OF CONDOR 1:40 Race 2 DONALD 1200M (D 57.5 3 FINE CALIBRE D TOURNEUR (2) 57 4 I'M MYSTERIOUS DAMIEN THORNTON (4) 56 5
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      Lock icon Apprentice Koh warned
      791 44 THE SINGAPORE TURF CLUB STIPENDIARY STEWARDS’REPORT HIGHLIGHTS Apprentice Koh Teck Huat was warned by the stewards over his handling of ZAC STAR DESTROYER in Race 6 at Kranji on Friday night. When questioned about the run of ZAC STAR DESTROYER, Koh (left) said that his instructions were
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S AUSTRALIA RESULTS
      646 44 RACE 1 (Flemington) 1st 9 Shanghai Warrior ($47-$9) 2nd 4 Golden Archer ($7) 3rd 6 Zamorar ($5.10) 4th 2 Green Birdie. Forecast $21. Place forecast $6 (4-6), $9 (4-9), $8 (6-9). Tierce $144. Trio $10. Quartet $925. Quadro $15. Scratchings: 3 Seville, 11 Sierra Nevada. RACE 2
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      32 40 / 41 Saturday, Aug 11 2012 First Second Third 9147 4639 5334 Starters 2061 0312 9050 3853 0669 2539 3817 2819 0632 2040 Consolations 4748 4002 6123 8793 7998 7947 7704 1936 1688 1907
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  • TENNIS
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      Lock icon Djokovic clears two hurdles in one day
      410 45 AFP Top seed Novak Djokoviccame through two battles on a rain-soaked day at the Toronto Masters to move into the semi-finals. The world No. 2, who came up empty-handed last weekend at the London Olympics, is making the best of his return to
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      Lock icon SENSATIONAL
      267 45 ...that’s what Kobe says of Howard’s move to Lakers NBA AFP KOBE Bryant welcomed Dwight Howard to the Los Angeles Lakers by telephone from the London Olympics on Friday, overjoyed to have the superstar centre as a new NBA teammate for the upcoming season. “It’s going to be sensational,”
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      Lock icon 3 red cards, 42 fouls in French match
      171 45 FOOTBALL Reuters TITLE-HOLDERS Montpellier shared three red cards, 42 fouls and two goals as they drew 1-1 with Toulouse in a bad-temper-ed opening match to the French Ligue 1 season on Friday. Montpellier, who surprisingly won their first league title against all
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  • GOLF
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      Lock icon Woods steady on a windy, windy day
      772 46 AP On the toughest scoring day in the PGA Championship since it switched to stroke play in 1958, Tiger Woods shot a one-under 71 to take a share of the lead with Vi jay Singh and Carl Pettersson going into the weekend. In
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      Lock icon Salvador seals it by six shots
      126 46 FILIPINO Elmer Salvador won the Aboitiz Invitational presented by ICTSI with an even-par 71 as his closest rival Antonio Lascuna failed to mount a challenge yesterday. Salvador registered two birdies against two bogeys for a winning total of eight-under 276 at the challenging Cebu
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      Lock icon Wood set to keep out the Thais
      151 46 AFP ENGLISHMAN Chris Wood was on course to spoil a fairytale ending for the home favourites after snatching a one-shot lead after the third round of the US$1 million 1.24m) Thailand Open yesterday. The European Tour regular fired a five-under 67 at the
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  • STARHUB LEAGUE CUP
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      Lock icon Lucky DPMM, poor Geylang
      555 47  -  FINAL BRUNEI DPMM 2 (Shahrazen Said 36, Azwan Saleh 76) GEYLANG 0 ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg If Geylang had played two matches last night, they still would not have scored. Their midfielder, Jozef Kaplan, wasn’t exaggerating when he said that, bemoaning his side’s failure to convert their
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      Lock icon Banned player goes on hunger strike
      271 47 SERIE A Reuters FOOTBALLER Emanuele Pesoli has chained himself to the gates of the Italian football federation headquarters in Rome and gone on a hunger strike in protest at being banned for three years in a match-fixing scandal. The former Siena player, now at
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      Lock icon Juve’s Cup
      99 47 ITALIAN SUPERCUP AP JUVENTUS beat Napoli 4-2 to win the 2012 Italian Supercup in Beijing yesterday after scoring twice in extra time. Edinson Cavani put Napoli ahead in the 27th minute, Kwadwo Asamoah equalised for Juventus and Goran Pandev restored Napoli’s lead just before the break. Arturo Vidal
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  • COMMUNITY SHIELD
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      Lock icon ‘Hard for City to stay top’
      612 48 / 49 CHELSEA v MAN CITY (Tonight, 8.30pm, SingTel mioTV Ch 102) Wire Services It’s easier to win the title than to retain it. Chelsea boss Roberto Di Matteo fired that warning to Premiership champions Manchester City ahead of their clash in the FA Community Shield
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      Lock icon Mancini: We’re not favourites
      491 48 / 49 City manager starts the mind games Wire Services Roberto Mancini is at it again. The Manchester City manager made the astonishing claim that Manchester City should be regarded as low as fourth favourites for the Premier League this season. As the title race went into its
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      Lock icon No Barcelona in blue shirts for Di Matteo
      355 48 / 49 PA Sport ROBERTO Di Matteo has vowed there would be no Chelsea revolution this season as he questioned the wisdom of trying to play like Barcelona. Di Matteo inspired the Blues to the greatest triumph in their history last term when he
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      390 48 / 49 PA Sport MANCHESTER United chief executive David Gill has promised to ensure investments in the squad despite a disappointing start to the club’s bid to raise money in America. Gill believes United will continue to grow despite a disappointing share price when the club was listed
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  • LONDON 2012
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      Lock icon Mission accomplished
      625 50 / 51 South Koreans get NS exemption with bronze win MEN’S FOOTBALL BRONZE PLAY-OFF SOUTH KOREA 2 (Park Chu Young 38, Koo Ja Cheol 57) JAPAN 0 AFP Theirs was a win that came with a huge bonus. After securing the Olympic football bronze medal yesterday morning (Singapore time), South
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      Lock icon Coach’s warning fires Holland to gold
      326 50 / 51 WOMEN’S HOCKEY AP DEFENDING Olympic champions Holland were scraping through their matches and looked uncertain of retaining their title. So coach Max Caldas warned some of his best players before the final yesterday morning (Singapore time) to raise their game. They did and the
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      Lock icon Disaster for Brazil
      659 50 / 51  -  FINAL BRAZIL 1 (Hulk 90) MEXICO 2 (Oribe Peralta 1,75) MEN’S FOOTBALL GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg This was the Olympics which Brazil was supposed to win at a canter and then perform five push-ups at the finishing line. But the humiliation of Mexico in yesterday’s final never happened.
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      Lock icon BOLT V RUDISHA and the winner is...
      644 52 / 53 ATHLETICS Coe and Cram split over who will win a head-to-head battle in the 400m Wire Services Sebastian Coe believes Usain Bolt would be beaten by David Rudisha if they went head-to-head over 400 metres. But another British middle distance great, Steve Cram
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      Lock icon No pressure: The 200m from the starter’s view
      367 52 / 53 AP TRACK official Gordon Staines has two special words for Usain Bolt: “Thankyou!” Staines is the guy who fired the gun to start the men’s 200 metres final last Thursday, and he’s downright thrilled that Bolt and his other competitors stayed “steady”
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      Lock icon Spain say they’re only human
      479 52 / 53 BASKETBALL FINAL US have one hand on the gold? Wire Services Spain are in no danger of turning up just for the trip the gold medal game against a United States team who have dominated the Olympic basketball tournament. LeBron James and Co strolled past
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      Lock icon Upset US coach gives caustic riposte
      227 52 / 53 Wire Services US MEN’S basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski is rarely rattled by anything on the hardcourt, but a question at his post-game press conference last Friday set him off. Krzyzewski was asked after his reigning Olympic champions had beaten Argentina 109-83 to reach another
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        Lock icon Argentina gold drought over
        49 52 / 53 AP SEBASTIAN Crismanich gave Argentina their first gold medal of the Games, defeating Spaniard Nicolas Garcia Hemme in the 80kg division in taekwondo. Crismanich is the first Argentine to win gold in an individual event since 1948 when the Olympics were also in London. AP.
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        Lock icon India finish last in hockey
        55 52 / 53 AFP INDIA’S men’s hockey team have lost all their six games at the Olympics after yesterday’s 3-2 defeat by South Africa condemned them to 12th and last place in the tournament. It was the first time that the eight-time champions had gone through an Olympics
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        Lock icon Britpop to close the Games
        50 52 / 53 AP GET ready for a star-studded spectacular: Olympic Stadium is being transformed into a giant jukebox of British pop and pizazz for the closing ceremony. The Spice Girls and The Who are among the acts prepping performances to celebrate the end of the Olympics. AP.
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        Lock icon MEDAL TALLY
        142 52 / 53 G S B T 1 US 41 26 28 95 2 China 37 25 20 82 3 Great Britain 26 15 18 59 4 Russia 18 22 28 68 4 South Korea 13 7 7 27 6 Germany 10 19 14 43 7 France 10 9 12 31
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      Lock icon FLYING FOURSOME
      668 54 / 55 American women redeem pride after shattering 27-year-old world record ATHLETICS Reuters After a comedy of errors at the last three Olympics, the United States women’s 4x100 metres relay team finally got their act together in some style yesterday morning (Singapore time) with a world-record run to secure gold
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      Lock icon BRAVE BAHAMAS
      488 54 / 55 4x400m quartet end US’ 28-year reign with stunning comeback victory Reuters America’s 28-year domination of the men’s Olympic 4x400 metres relay ended in thrilling fashion yesterday morning (Singapore time) when the Bahamas overhauled them to snatch gold in a pulsating final leg. Chris Brown, Demetrius Pinder, Michael Mathieu
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      Lock icon Pistorius gets his wish
      359 54 / 55 AP OSCAR Pistorius set precedents all the way along his journey to and through the London Games. In the end, it was all about this: Running in an Olympic final. A double-amputee now known globally as the “Blade Runner”, Pistorius (below) anchored the South Africa team
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      Lock icon A cross-country trip to thank the fans
      491 56 / 57  -  TABLE TENNIS ALI KASIM They thought the legion of fans at Changi Airport on Friday was something special. But yesterday’s reception during their victory parade left the Singapore table tennis players speechless. The women’s team returned from the 2012 London Games with two
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      Lock icon US set to pip China
      845 56 / 57  -  OUR MAN IN LONDON thanks to track and field LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg The two superpowers may not admit it publicly, but their tussle for Olympic supremacy matters. Even the neutrals care, because China is the new face on the Olympic sporting map, unabashedly spending
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      Lock icon OLYMPICS WATCH
      242 56 / 57 WHAT’S ON 2.55pm: Modern pentathlon Women’s fencing (Epee one touch) (ESPN 10, Ch 143) 3.25pm: Wrestling Men’s 66, 96kg freestyle prelims to semi-finals (ESPN 2, Ch 135) 5.17pm: Water polo Men’s classification 7-8 US v Australia (ESPN 5, Ch 138) 5.51 pm: Athletics Men’s marathon (ESPN 1, Ch
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      Lock icon Phua praises S’pore display
      735 58 / 59 Elite Olympic hopefuls will now face a new support programme for 2016 Games andbeyond THE OLYMPIC TRAILBLAZERS Singapore enjoyed their best outing at an Olympic Games here in London, after the women’s table tennis team returned home with two bronze medals. Chef-de-mission Jessie Phua described the
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      Lock icon Probe launched over flap with Joseph’s equipment
      488 58 / 59 Before the London Olympics, Singapore’s chef-de-mission Jessie Phua vowed to crack the whip if sports officials were found wanting. Unfortunately, she could be forced into action. Phua revealed yesterday that the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) will launch an investigation over the incident
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    • ON TV
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        112 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 FA COMMUNITY SHIELD 2012 Tonight: I CHELSEA v MAN CITY SingTel mio TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium), 8.30pm PRE-SEASON FRIENDLIES Tonight: IFC COLOGNE v ARSENAL
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        Lock icon OLYMPICS
        39 58 / 59 Today: I DAY 16 SingTel mio TVCh 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), 8pm
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        14 58 / 59 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP Tomorrow: I DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), 2.30am
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        44 58 / 59 ATP 1000 ROGERS CUP Tomorrow: I DAY 7, FINAL StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 7am ATP 1000 WESTERN SOUTHERN OPEN Tomorrow: I DAY 1, ROUND 1 StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 11 pm
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