The New Paper, 14 October 2012

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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Facebook: Like or dislike?
      552 2  -  JONATHAN ROBERTS jonrob@sph.com.sg Is it a black hole of one’s time, or the most useful tool for communication ever created? A lot of focus this week has been on Facebook. Between the posts of food, location and general showing off, Singapore had two updates almost the
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      179 2 FEATURES 4 Why did it happen? The aftermath of the Bukit Panjang deaths 6 Man behind 10,000 likes Andy Lau, the man whose Facebook note captured the nation’s attention 8 Why ‘like’? The reasons behind wanting to be liked online and the type of posters we love to hate COLUMNS
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  • PEOPLE
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      Lock icon ‘I was shocked and gutted’
      921 3  -  M’sian actress Lez Ann Chong upset over ruling on controversial local film REPORT: BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg When Malaysian actress LezAnn Chong learnt that local movie Sex.Violence.FamilyValues could not be shown here, she cried. “It was about 2am on Tuesday morning, and I was in
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      Lock icon ‘Seeing two photos by the altar at a wake is not normal’
      832 4 / 5  -  Double deaths shock residents ofBukit Panjang estate REPORT: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg Why? That was the thought among several friends and neighbours who had gathered for the wake at Block 543, Jelapang Road, in Bukit Panjang. On Friday,
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      Lock icon In trying times, keep the faith and soldier on
      342 4 / 5  -  COMMENT: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF There were two images that will stay with me for some time. The first was that of two men carrying the small white coffin. The other was the photos on the altar. These were of the deceased
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      Lock icon His big shock
      1037 6 / 7  -  Volunteer didn ’t expect Facebook post and photo of elderly couple’s reunion in nursing home to touch S’pore REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg His Facebook post on an elderly couple who found each other after years apart moved thousands with its poignancy and simple truths. In an online
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      Lock icon His small wish
      629 6 / 7  -  Now that he has seen his wife after 3 years, 78-year-old man has one request to visit her weekly at the nursing home, if it’s not too much trouble REPORT: NICHOLAS YEAM nickyeam@sph.com.sg Theywere separated when she had a fall. Mr lim Pui Chew, 78, had not
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      Lock icon Like me, ‘like’ my dinner?
      676 8 / 9  -  This obsession with using social media as a public diary might be fuelling an insatiable appetite for affirmation, netizenssay. REPORT: BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg additional reporting by Nicholas Yeam What would bus and MRT rides be without being able to twiddle mindlessly through that familiar
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      776 8 / 9  -  The New Paper On Sunday trawls Facebook for the types of users we love to hate TEXT: BENITA AW YEONG, JENNIFER DHANARAJ tnp@sph.com.sg The Ranter Angry text spews from their fingertips before you can ask “What’s on your mind?” The subjects of their grouse
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      Lock icon Capsized boat near MBS? Nope, just a slick move
      333 12  -  REPORT: JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg He saw a capsized yacht near the Marina Bay Sands Hotel. Or at least it looked capsized as it lay prone. Noticing the vessel while on his way to work, Mr Wil Rashid, a 28-year-old boutique manager
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      Lock icon Fire at forested area of East Coast Park
      328 12  -  REPORT: ZUL OTHMAN zothman@sph.com.sg The smell of smoke coming from the forested area caught his attention. Sales executive Lawrence Fung, 27, was jogging along Fort Road at around noon yesterday when he noticed the smell. “There was no fire visible, but you
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      Lock icon This estate’s yours – for $82 million
      1161 18 / 19  - This estate’s yours for $82 million That’s the record price that has been tagged onto this Adam Road property, but its late owner wouldn’t sell ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg BIKER BOY A wrought metal gate, designed with the owner’s initials, “T.S.S”, allows the casual visitor a peek into the estate.
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      Lock icon What $82m can buy?
      100 20 82 maisonette flats in Queenstown, each priced at $1 million. 1 16-storey office building like One Phillip Street near Raffles Place. It was sold for $78 million last year. 22 Pagani Huayras, the most expensive car in S’pore at $3.6 million a piece. 1,051bottles of the
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      Lock icon Marry at 14, despair by 18?
      628 21 Outcry in Malaysia over child brides who get forced to leave school, or are abused and abandoned She was just 14 and used to go out with her boyfriend. The boyfriend used to give Pushpa (not her real name) gifts and she didn’t think
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      Lock icon Robbers hijack teen’s car outside home
      298 21 He drove home from his classes on Monday last week and stopped his car in front of his house in Subang Jaya. Mr Eugene Wong then saw another car driving past him slowly. This car suddenly reversed the moment he got out of his
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      Lock icon MJ is King of Pop and King of Style
      669 22 Michael Jackson was the ultimate entertainer. He oversaw all the details of his shows, from the slick choreography to the rhinestones and pearls carefully hand sewn onto his elaborate costumes, his longtime costume designer said. As much as music and dance
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      Lock icon Viagra addict can’t quit due to pressure of pleasing partners
      316 22 He was just 20 when his friend offered him the pill during a night abroad. The man, who only wanted to be known as Daniel, said he and his friends had been drinking heavily, but wanted to take girls back
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      Lock icon Not as easy as ABC
      249 23 Filipino kids have to cross river to get to school For these children, going to school is not as easy as hopping onto a bus and enjoying the ride. The kids have to brave a swollen river to get to school on time. The scene
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      Lock icon Mum stops cleaning to teach kids a dirty lesson
      498 23 A Canadian mum wanted to teach her messy kids a lesson. So Mrs Jessica Stilwell (right) let the crusty dinner plates pile up and left stinky laundry on the floor. After six days, she declared victory in her “mummy strike” and
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      Lock icon Easier to help them improve
      536 36  -  Having smaller class sizes means tutors pay more attention to each student REPORT: JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg Given the pressure to excel in the education system here, it seems tuition classes are almost a necessity for school-going kids. But is it because teachers are failing to
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  • SNAPSHOT
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      Lock icon Court stops export of dolphins to RWS
      245 10 / 11 A court in the Philippines has temporarily blocked the export of 25 captive dolphins trained to become show animals at Resorts World Sentosa (RWS). A civil suit filed by animal rights groups alleged the traffic in live Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins for sport or
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      Lock icon Singapore Conversation kicks off at National Library
      125 10 / 11 THE first citizen dialogue of the Singapore Conversation kicked off yesterday morning at the National Library on Victoria Street. There was an informal vibe at the four-hour session, designed to allow a free-flowing exchange between the participants. Education Minister Heng Swee Keat and
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      Lock icon Female engineers at HDB site impress Khaw
      100 10 / 11 NATIONAL Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan praised the six female engineers he met at a site visit recently. On his blog, Mr Khaw lauded their persistence in making a firm stand, especially at construction sites, through reasoning with consultants and contractors. Calling it
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      Lock icon BIG PICTURE
      46 10 / 11 RECORD-BREAKING DRAGON: A new Guinness World Record was set for the largest jigsaw made of tents in Qingdao, in China’s Shandong province, yesterday. About 900 tents were placed to form the shape of a Chinese dragon on a beach, local media reported. PICTURE: REUTERS
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    • Article
      Lock icon Mr Chan Chun Sing on racial issues: ‘No room for complacency’
      509 10 / 11 Singapore cannot be complacent about racial issues, Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Chan Chun Sing said yesterday. The harmonious multiracial society that Singapore has today is the exception rather than the norm, considering the experience of
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      Lock icon LTA smartphone app wins international digital award
      105 10 / 11 THE Land Transport Authority (LTA) has won a Silver award at the 2012 W3 Awards for smartphone application MyTransport.SG. Mobile App, in the maps and navigation mobile app category. Launched in November last year, the app allows smartphone users to find out about
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      Lock icon Long-serving MHA volunteers thanked for their years of service
      115 10 / 11 A LUNCH was held at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel for 42 long-serving volunteers who contributed to the work of the Ministry of Home Affairs. Three of those present at the lunch yesterday have served more than 25 years. Deputy Prime
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      Lock icon China wants US, Japan to take bold, swift action to fix finances
      126 10 / 11 AFP CHINA said yesterday that the failure by Washington and Tokyo to fix their fiscal problems was hurting the global economy, and called for “bold, swift and decisive action” to reverse a slowdown. Deputy central bank governor Yi
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      Lock icon HAPPINESS INDEX
      140 10 / 11 We rate the past week’s news good and bad The International Monetary Fund joined the World Bank in cutting global economic growth forecasts, and Singapore’s third-quarter GDP shrank 1.5 per cent from the previous three months. Singapore’s total household wealth dipped 2.5 per cent to $1.24 trillion this
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      Lock icon Road rage and rash
      261 10 / 11  -  ARTIST’S IMPRESSION Some 26 years ago, I took two friends on my father’s brand new bike for an off road jaunt in the Philippines. My lack of driving experience proved rather eventful. Similarly in Singapore, young riders continue to be vulnerable. In 2009, those below 30
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  • GROUND ZERO A BOTTOM-UP PERSPECTIVE ON ISSUES
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      Lock icon HDB living is about give & take
      1055 14 / 15  - HDB living is about give take Amy Cheong saga puts the spotlight on noise levels in HDB estates MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg You know that the Heartland Aunty label is apt when this Ground Zero column is the third to focus on spats in HDB estates in under ayear. Specifically, disputes
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  • CONFESSIONS OF A CLUB DANCER
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      Lock icon No touching, no grabbing, thank you
      942 16 / 17  -  ZUL OTHMAN zothman@sph.com.sg To clubbers, she is a fixture at Moshi Moshi Bollywood at Cuppage Plaza, performing nightly in Bollywood or belly dance-themed productions for the patrons. Naturally, the costumes are sexy and the moves, suggestive. But Miss Kate Lim, 26, is aghast at
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  • EATS
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      Lock icon Salted rice with duck
      671 25  -  HED CHEF HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg It’s one of the first dishes she learnt to cook and has since become a staple at her family’s dinner table. This week, housewife Angel Chua, 35, shares her recipe for salted rice with duck. She got the recipe from a
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      Lock icon The Versatile Hainanese
      319 26  -  K F SEETOH tnp@sph.com.sg They saw an opportunity to introduce “third flavours” or old-school fusion. Instead of introducing popular dishes from their own motherland, they gave us icons we can be proud of. After all, without them, there won’t be chicken rice, as we know it to
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      Lock icon Last Hainanese steamboat icons
      657 26 In the 90s, an advertising agency wanted to break into the local market. Agreeing to work pro bono, they created a campaign for Yet Con, an old Hainanese chicken rice and steamboat legend on Purvis Street, near Raffles Hotel. They took pictures of the wobbly chairs
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  • NIGHTLIFE
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      Lock icon It's in the bank
      718 27  -  AFTER 7 ZUL ANDRA tnp@sph.com.sg I Zul Andra has been covering Singapore’s nightlife since 2005. He writes about drinking, parties and dance music for various magazines and websites. Follow him on Twitter @zulandra. Way back during the Great Depression, three banks consolidated to form what is
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      Lock icon PICK OF THE WEEK
      89 27 3RD PARTY with Tevo Howard Created by Zouk’s resident DJ Jeremy Boon and Cosa Nostra and featuring opening performances from both, 3RD Party is a quarterly night that marries “live” performance and electronic music elements. The next instalment features DJ-producer Tevo Howard, acclaimed veteran of the
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      Lock icon PROMOTION
      75 27 Oppa Cocktail Style Korean superstar Psy’s Gangnam Style has taken the world by storm. Now fans can even enjoy cocktails inspired by the catchy dance hit at Korean restaurant, Sarang. Concocted with soju a Korean liquor these funky fruity cocktails are popular in the Gangnam district. Priced at $10
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      Lock icon HOT SHOT
      55 27 These partygoers were snapped during Dutch house and electro DJ Sidney Samson’s performance at Zouk’s EP!C night on Friday. Want to appear in After 7? Upload party images of you and your friends on Instagram and Twitter, together with details of the event, at @thenewpaper. Or e-mail tnp@sph.com.sg
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  • SECRET SHOPPER
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      Lock icon Quirky corner
      763 28 This little shop around the corner at Far East Plaza is worth checking out As shop names go, The Corner Shop is perfect. It’s hidden away at the corner of the third level at Far East Plaza. Unless you are heading to the restrooms just beside the store,
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  • ASPIRE/AFFORD
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      Lock icon SLEEK DIGITAL CARRIERS
      262 29  -  REPORT: JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg Forget bulky, black laptop bags. If you are going to lug your laptop around, do it with style. Here are some covers and sleeves that will set your computer apart from others. Unit 01 Shoulder bag by Unit Portables $159 Depending on how
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      28 29 3 SINGAPORE'S AP/T&r MORNING SHOW WEEKDAYS 6AMT010AM KENAPLUCK! TUESANDTHURS w V! SI BP WITH ROD MONTEIRO AND THE MARRIED MEN B FACEBOOK.COM/HOTFMSG FOLLOW US ON TWITTER HOTFMSG WWW.HOTFM.SG
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  • LIVE RIGHT
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      Lock icon Too hot to handle?
      826 30 / 31  -  Singaporeans have been rolling out their yoga mats in oven-like studios to gain flexibility and lose weight through a low-impact sequence of postures in Bikram yoga. But it demands focus and is hardly no sweat off their backs REPORT: NICHOLAS YEAM nickyeam@sph.com.sg like the old song
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      Lock icon Drowning in my sweat
      364 30 / 31  -  Nicholas Yeam There I was in the heat, attempting to pose like an eagle, all the while sweating profusely. Fresh from my fourth sprained ankle in under two years thanks to a friendly game of football I was hesitant about trying out Bikram Yoga. It was
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  • WHEELS
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      Lock icon Dream team memories
      695 32  -  In the second of two instalments, we look at another local cycling hero TWO WHEELS GOOD DANSON CHEONG tnp@sph.com.sg He rode his first bike an $800 steel racer until it broke in two. That was in 1989. “I still remember it it was an Italian-made Daccordi that
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      Lock icon Cycling needs its heroes too
      439 32 We all need heroes. And there is no greater pantheon of heroes than in the arena of sport. Here in Singapore, we have our own share of sporting greats. On the football field, we have favourites like Fandi Ahmad and Dollah Kassim. And who can
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  • HUMOUR
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      Lock icon iPhones and grandmas don’t mix
      815 33  -  NOTES NEIL HUMPHREYS tnp@sph.com.sg SingTel is about to pull off the most remarkable of miracles. The company will give out re-conditioned iPhones to the elderly. This is a feat of superhuman proportions. My own grandmother cannot use a telephone. There is more chance of her
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      Lock icon Conspiracy theory: Sex, violence & cheap weddings
      793 34  - Conspiracy theory: Sex, violence cheap weddings ACT BLUR S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg I was shocked. I couldn’t believe it when I read about Amy Cheng’s racist comments on Facebook. Having worked with Amy before, I can say that there was never any hint or slither or smell of racial ill
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    • REALLY? Odd news that’s for real
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        Lock icon Drug lords up to monkey business
        113 34 AP A MAJOR cocaine seizure in Europe the biggest ever in the Netherlands or Belgium according to Dutch authorities turned out to be good news for the animals at Bildrop Zoo in Rotterdam. Dutch prosecutors said on Friday that more than 8,000kg of cocaine
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      • Article
        Lock icon Man loses his car and finds it four years later
        144 34 Reuters A MAN in southern Germany has been reunited with his car two years after forgetting where he parked it, according to Bavarian police on Thursday. The owner of the vehicle reported his car as missing to Munich police after
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      • Article
        Lock icon Florida governor’s hotline faux pas
        143 34 Reuters THANKS to Florida governor Rick Scott, Floridians seeking information on a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak were instead directed to a phone sex hotline. Mr Scott was providing an update on the outbreak at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday when he announced the hotline’s toll-free
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Getting lost on Boardwalk
      636 35  -  MARIE LIM marielim@sph.com.sg In a world where mobsters rule, a solitary word out of place can get you killed. You can’t mouth-off and expect to get away with it. These gangsters don’t just get mad they get mad AND they get even. So expect plenty of
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  • Page 33 Miscellaneous
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      244 37 UnEkukEE P > UNDER ONE TREE Education T11LL0793G Under One Tree Education offers private home tuition services in Singapore. Each and every tutor registered under us will go through COMPULSORY face-to-face interview with all credentials verified by us! We have tutors ranging from Pre School to Tertiary levels. All our
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  • Get smart
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      Lock icon A dust-free home is not a myth
      437 38 DELPHIN SINGAPORE Zero-interest instalment! The price range of the Delphin Gold and Delphin Silver is $2400 to $3500. UOB, DBS, OCBC, Citibank Maybank VISA customers can enjoy a zero-interest instalment scheme with monthly instalment starting from $67. A $130 monthly rental scheme is
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      Lock icon Going organic for better health
      387 39 NATURE'S GLORY IT’S hardly surprisingly that the organic movement is fast gaining momentum around the world. The rising levels of health problems in our modern world have given many of us cause for concern and action. Ailments such as cancer, chronic fatigue, asthma, allergies and
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  • RACING
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      Lock icon TODAY’S PENANG RACE CARD
      1943 40 GOING FORECAST: YIELDING TAN THEAN LOON’S PENANG TIPS RACE 1: 8 Khatanga 9 From Zero 5 Kiwi Maestro 11 Neveraninch RACE 2: 8 Meteor One 14 Such A Good Time 3 Here Comes Thunder 10 Summer Promise RACE 3: 14 Gentildonna 5 Las Venturas 17 I’m
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      Lock icon See, Koh suspended
      874 41 THE SINGAPORE TURF CLUB STIPENDIARY STEWARDS’REPORT HIGHLIGHTS Apprentice Troy See has been suspended for three race days for returning over the weight he weighed out on VELLFIRE in Race 4 on Sept 28. The clerk of scales had reported that See returned to scale 1kg over the
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA RESULTS
      776 41 RACE 1 (Matamata, NZ) 1st 13 Cool One ($142-$54) 2nd 3 Senna ($12) 3rd 15 True Light ($19) 4th 6 Danvega. Forecast $242. Place forecast $47 (3-13), $73 (13-15), $41 (3-15). Tierce No winner ($937 jackpot carried forward to next race). Trio No winner
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      Lock icon The Peak should stay unbeaten
      2100 42 / 43 RACE 1 (1,800m) HUMONGUS (1) proved his worth at this level last term when winning two of his opening three runs, including a third-up success over this Sha Tin trip. He has come out firing in two starts this season for a fourth to Full
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      Lock icon TODAY’S HONG KONG (SHA TIN) RACE CARD
      1546 42 / 43 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 CLASS 5TURF 1800m TIME 1:00 Stakes: HK$540,000 NO. HORSE NAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 HUMONGUS A SCHUTZ C Y LUI 133 7 2 TELECOM GOGO K W LUI W C MARWING 132 1 3 MIRAGE R C
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S PENANG RESULTS
      517 42 / 43 Race 1 C5 1700m 8 SMILING MELANG 50.5 c 51.5 (60-13) S Salee (2) 5 4 2 (480) Nk 5 BRAVE COMMANDER 53.5 (14-9) Jose De Souza (9) 2 2 3 (458) 0.5 C*****m XWinning stable: Kelvin's. Trainer: J Brink. Time: 1min 43.60sec (Going: yielding). Forecast: $147.
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S AUSTRALIA RESULTS
      436 42 / 43 RACE 1 (Rosehill): 1st 11 Keith's Legacy ($16-$6) 2nd 6 Under The Sun ($5.10) 3rd 13 Scream Machine ($23) 4th 10 Hard Liquor. Forecast $7. Place forecast $2.50 (6-11), $18 (11-13), $15 (6-13). Tierce $71. Trio $31. Quartet $43. Quadro $25. Scratchings: 4 I Think I Do,
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      Lock icon Starkiato looks in fine trim for Race 6
      688 44 THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS RACE 1 Cranbourne (1,000m) 1 KULGRINDA: (Runs: 16 Wins: 7 (1G, 5D, 1S) Places: 4) 2nd with 58.5kg to Dream Face in 1,100m Caulf. Open Sept 22 (3rd settling, at 800m and at 400m, hung in during race).
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      Lock icon TODAY’S AUSTRALIA (CRANBOURNE/KILMORE) RACE CARD
      187 44 12:20 Race 1 CRANBOURNE 1000M CRANBOURNE 1000M 1 KULGRINDA LNOLEN (13) 58.5 2 GENERALTRUCE B RAWILLER (9) 57 3 OBSIDIAN DRAGON SW ARNOLD 12:40 Race 2 KILMORE 1212M 57 4 BROKEN NICHOLAS HALL (8) 56.5 5 SADALBARI IGUNDOGDU (7) 56 6 GALBRAITH P MERTENS 12:58
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  • Page 40 Miscellaneous
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      32 40 Saturday Oct 13 2012 First Second Third 9602 4438 4605 Starters 0606 0862 2114 2466 2606 4229 4737 5887 6245 6670 Consolations 1172 3265 4128 4473 5213 5376 6252 7343 8075 8876
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  • TENNIS
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      Lock icon Murray beats Federer again
      602 45 US Open champion repeats Olympic feat to set up Shanghai Masters final against Djokovic AFP Andy Murray heaped the misery on Roger Federer yesterday, taking advantage of an astonishing service meltdown by the Swiss great to set up a mouthwatering final against Novak Djokovic. The US
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  • FORMULA ONE
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      Lock icon Alonso: Ferrari better team than Red Bull
      382 46 Reuters RED BULL have a car advantage but Ferrari can beat them with teamwork, Formula One championship leader Fernando Alonso said yesterday before a Korean Grand Prix that his rivals are favoured to win. Alonso is four points ahead of Red Bull’s double
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      Lock icon Webber takes pole
      619 46 Australian pips teammate Vettel to ensure a front-row lock-out for Red Bull Reuters Australian Mark Webber seized pole position for the South Korean Formula One Grand Prixyesterday, with title-chasing Red Bull teammate Sebastian Vettel having to settle for second place on the starting grid. Ferrari’s championship leader
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  • GOLF
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      Lock icon Choi leads, but she doesn’t like it
      471 47 South Korean says she prefers to play‘catch-up’ AFP Defending champion Choi Na Yeon kept her lead yesterday at the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia, while fellow South Korean Park Inbee lit up the greens with a flawless 65 to move into contention. Choi, who
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    • Article
      Lock icon Bhullar still in control at Macau Open
      361 47 INDIA’S Gaganjeet Bhullar stayed firmly in the driver’s seat at the Venetian Macau Open, after scrambling to a two-under 69 in the third round yesterday. The 24-year-old Bhullar, who has led the US$750,000 ($900,000) Asian Tour event from the opening day, retained his
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      Lock icon Liang extends lead to two in China
      115 47 OVERNIGHT leader Liang Wenchong (right) inched further ahead with a three-under 68 in the third round of OneAsia’s US$1 million ($1.2m) Nanshan China Masters yesterday. Rounds of 68, 67 and 68 left the home favourite at 10 under for the tournament, two strokes
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      Lock icon Nam Hong raises $340,000
      110 47 BENEVOLENCE was the theme of the night at the Nam Hong Charity Golf Dinner at Orchid Country Club recently. And the generosity from the majority of the 250 diners saw Nam Hong Welfare Service Society double the money raised to $340,000. The golf event, which attracted
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  • MALAYSIA CUP
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      Lock icon Why No. 12 stood out at Selayang
      654 48 / 49  -  GODFREY ROBERT npsports@sph.com.sg After 120 minutes of absorbing soccer on a pitch, the length of which was almost 120 yards, the 12 yards designed for penalty kicks decided the outcome of a crucial Malaysia Cup semi-final match. Last Thursday, the team whose name
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  • FOOTBALL
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      Lock icon LionsXII youngsters ready to step up
      600 50  -  ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg The core players for the lions for next month’s AFF Suzuki Cup have long been identified. Aleksandar Duric, Shahril Ishak, Mustafic Fahrudin, Hariss Harun, Safuwan Baharudin and Baihakki Khaizan are almost certain starters for coach Raddy Avramovic’s team in the Asean
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      Lock icon Laos complete Group B
      283 50 AFF SUZUKI CUP LAOS will be Singapore’s third opponents in Group B of the AFF Suzuki Cup next month, along with Malaysia and Indonesia. Kokichi Kumura’s team booked their spot in the tournament proper yesterday, after a 0-0 draw with Myanmar saw them finish runners-up in
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      Lock icon Vietnam thrash S’pore
      95 50 NEWSPAPER CUP SINGAPORE Under-21 lost 6-1 to Vietnam U-21 in their opening Group A match of the Youth Newspaper Cup in Pleiku, Vietnam yesterday. Robin Chitrakar’s team went two goals behind in the opening 10 minutes and trailed 3-0 at the break. A Shannon Stephan goal in
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  • EPL MASTERS
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      Lock icon ‘Future’s looking bright’
      493 51  -  so says former Liverpool winger Steve McManaman who’s impressed with Reds’youngsters ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg It has not been all doom and gloom for Liverpool this season. For Liverpool legend Steve McManaman, one pleasing aspect has been the emergence of three promising players under Brendan Rodgers’ tenure. Suso,
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      Lock icon Steve: Watch Fowler strike
      242 51 IF ALL goes according to plan, Singapore futsal fans can expect Robbie Fowler to score “lots and lots of goals” tonight at the Indoor Stadium. So says Steve McManaman, who is Fowler’s teammate in the Liverpool Masters team competing in the EPL Masters Singapore Cup 2012,
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  • INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY
    • SOCCER SHORTS
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        Lock icon Chelsea toast whisky deal
        114 52 AFP A MYANMAR whisky maker has struck a deal to become an official brand of Chelsea Football Club. International Beverage Trading Co, the group behind Grand Royal Whisky, said in a statement yesterday that the two-year deal made it Myanmar’s first company to partner with a
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        Lock icon Suarez angered by Boyce remarks
        162 52 PA Sport LUIS Suarez has responded angrily to Fifa vice-pres-ident Jim Boyce’s comments about the Liverpool striker. Boyce, Britain’s representative on Fifa, described Suarez's clear dive against Stoke as “nothing less than cheating” and said simulation was a “cancer” in the game. That prompted the
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        Lock icon Del Piero scores but Heskey wins
        139 52 AFP ITALIAN maestro Alessandro Del Piero scored his first goal in the Australian A-league yesterday but it was not enough to prevent Sydney FC from going down 3-2 to the Newcastle Jets. Del Piero curled in a majestic free-kick to open his A-League account
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        Lock icon Cubans leave team in Canada
        142 52 AFP SEVERAL players have left the Cuban football team that faced Canada in a World Cup qualifying match yesterday morning (Singapore time), Cuban coach Alexander Gonzalez said. “As with any Cuban sport team that travels around the world, they are all chasing the American dream,”
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      Lock icon Japan stun France
      602 52 AP FRANCE 0 JAPAN1 (Kagawa 88) France lost 1-0 at home to Japan yesterday morning (Singapore time) in a lacklustre performance that will give coach Didier Deschamps plenty to worry about ahead of next week’s crucial World Cup qualifier away to reigning world and European champions Spain.
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  • WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS
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      Lock icon CHEEKY MESSI
      507 53 Argentine captain seals a brilliant win against Uruguay with a cunning free-kick Reuters CONMEBOL ARGENTINA 3 (Lionel Messi 66,80, Sergio Aguero 75) URUGUAY 0 He is at it again. Lionel Messi guided Argentina past a tough Uruguay side in the final half-hour with two brilliant goals for a
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      Lock icon Ecuador extend perfect home record
      362 53 Reuters CONMEBOL ECUADOR 3 (Felipe Caicedo 33,56, Segundo Castillo 90+3) CHILE 1 (Juan Paredes 25-og) STRIKER Felipe Caicedo scored twice as Ecuador maintained their perfect home record with a fifth World Cup qualifying win against a Chile side who had two players sent off yesterday
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      Lock icon Germans run riot
      675 54 / 55  -  Our analyst, who was in Dublin to watch Germany against the Republic of Ireland, tells Gary Lim that it is too early to read too much into his country’s emphatic win DIETMAR HAMANN npsports@sph.com.sg GROUP C REP OF IRELAND 1 (Andy Keogh 90+2) GERMANY 6 (Marco Reus
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      Lock icon Italy struggle against spirited Armenia
      559 54 / 55 Wire Services GROUP B ARMENIA 1 (Henrikh Mkhitaryan 28) ITALY 3 (Andrea Pirlo 11 -pen, Daniele de Rossi 64, Pablo Osvaldo 82) Italy reinforced their lead at the top of their 2014 World Cup qualifying group with a morale-boosting 3-1 win away to Armenia. Italy
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      Lock icon Schaken in scoring debut as Dutch cruise
      441 54 / 55 Wire Services GROUP D HOLLAND 3 (Rafael van der Vaart 7, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 15, Ruben Schaken 50) ANDORRA 0 A LACKLUSTRE Holland beat Andorra 3-0 yesterday morning (Singapore time) to preserve their perfect record after three qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup and
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      Lock icon Pedro gives Spain the cutting edge
      543 56 / 57 Reuters GROUP I BELARUS 0 SPAIN 4 (Jordi Alba 12, Pedro Rodriguez 21,69,72) Pedro Rodriguez’s scampering runs and eye for goal provided Spain with the “can-opener” they needed to beat Belarus yesterday morning (Singapore time), and one solution to the problem of breaking down
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      Lock icon RESULTS & STANDINGS
      685 56 / 57 RESULTS STANDINGS P W D L F A Pts 1 Belgium 3 2 1 0 6 1 7 2 Croatia 3 2 1 0 4 2 7 3 Serbia 3 1 1 1 6 4 4 4 Wales 3 1 0 2 3 9 3 5 Scotland 3 0 2
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      Lock icon SLEEPY AFFAIR
      777 56 / 57  -  Our columnist tells DA VID LEE why he remains unconvinced despite England’s second 5-0 win in the World Cup qualifiers PAUL PARKER npsports@sph.com.sg GROUP H ENGLAND5 (Wayne Rooney 35-pen, 70, Danny Welbeck37, 72, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 77) SAN MARINO 0 England won 5-0 and it shouldn’t have been anything
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      Lock icon YOUNG GUNS ON SHOW
      822 58 / 59  -  GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg GROUPH ENGLAND 5 (Wayne Rooney 35-pen, 70, Danny Welbeck 37,72, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 77) SAN MARINO 0 In this contest of prince versus pauper, England’s victory over San Marino was never in doubt. It turned out to be the one-sided affair England had 86
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      Lock icon Roy slams goalkeeper
      186 58 / 59 MANAGER Roy Hodgson has condemned San Marino goalkeeper Aldo Simoncini after his challenge in England’s 5-0 World Cup qualifying victory at Wembley put Arsenal’s Theo Walcott in hospital. Walcott suffered a chest injury following the collision with Simoncini and looks likely to miss Wednesday’s (Singapore time) encounter
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    • ON TV
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        170 58 / 59 LIVE TELECASTS WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS Wednesday: I FAROE ISLANDS v IRELAND StarHub TV Ch 203 (SuperSports Plus), 1.55am IROMANIA v HOLLAND StarHub TV Ch 222 (Football Channel), 1.55am ISPAIN v FRANCE StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports Arena), 2.55am I POLAND v ENGLAND StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports), 3am I
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        Lock icon BASKETBALL
        17 58 / 59 NBA PRE-SEASON Today: I MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES v CHICAGO BULLS StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 8am
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        Lock icon FORMULA ONE
        33 58 / 59 KOREAN GRAND PRIX Today: I MAIN RACE SingTel mio TV Ch 114 (ESPN), Ch 117 (ESPN HD), 1.45pm I CHEQUERED FLAG SingTel mioTVCh 114 (STAR Sports), Ch 117 (ESPN HD), 3.45pm
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        Lock icon TENNIS
        18 58 / 59 SHANGHAI ROLEX MASTERS Today: I FINAL StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 4.30pm
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        Lock icon GOLF
        30 58 / 59 SIME DARBY LPGA MALAYSIA Today: I DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), 11 am MACAU OPEN Today: I DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports Arena), 11d.30pm
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