The New Paper, 28 July 2013

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1 50 The New Paper
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    22 1 the new paper on sunday July 28 2013 j_ A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS SldJ I PUBLICATION 80 CENTS MICA MICA (P) 085/01/2013
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      84 1 LOOKS LIKE A TODDLER, BUT... She turns next week15 Little Pei Shan’s condition has docs stumped 4 TNP PICTURE: BENJAMIN SEETOR US horror kidnapper jailed 1,000 years Monster escapes death penalty for holding three women as sex slaves for a decade. His excuse: ‘Porn took its toll on me’20 PICTURE:
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  • UPFRONT
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Appreciate the small things
      530 2  -  NATALIE SOH natalie@sph.com.sg tlie@sph.com.sg The music was hot, the dancers were hotter. The crowd? Blazing. It was loud, it was crazy, it was fun. And it reflected The New Paper to a T. I’m talking about the Mardi Gras party at Robertson Walk on Friday night
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      119 2 FEATURES 4 Their sweet mystery She’s in her mid-teens can only travel in a pram 10 Behind bars True stories of life in a S’pore jail 14 TNP@25 The sights and samba of TNP’s Mardi Gras anniversary celebration COLUMNS 12 Ground Zero World Toilet Day? Heartlanders say we should clean
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      45 2 SPORTS 47 Hungarian Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton claims pole position for third race in a row 48 Swimming World Championships S’pore’s reunited women’s quartet eye 4x100m relay record in Barcelona 57 Liverpool in Bangkok Ali Kasim: Brendan Rodgers doesn’t look like a manager under pressure
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      507 3 A special feature brought to you by NYC SkuJy (jomjt&rmi The Best of Youth SHINE Youth Festival 2013 29 June to 28 July With their passion to serve and spirit to give, these five Stars of SHINE 2013 awardees overcame challenges and changed lives for the better. They are each
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  • PEOPLE
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      Lock icon Our tiny teenage miracle
      2266 4 / 5  -  She looks 15 months old, but she’s turning 15years old. She can’t walk or breathe on her own, and has come close to dying many times. But she survived. It’s a miracle that she can play the keyboard and paint, or that she laughs easily. Her
      TNP PICTURES: BENJAMIN SEETOR; TNP PICTURE: BENJAMIN SEETOR  -  2,266 words
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      Lock icon HUMANE TREATMENT
      1342 10 / 11  -  Ex-convicts’ anecdotes show life in jail is tough, but there’s no abuse of inmates REPORT: BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg Last week, a deputy superintendent of prisons was fined $10,000 after he pleaded guilty to causing the death of a 21-year-old inmate by negligence. He had been supervising a
      PICTURES: SINGAPORE PRISON SERVICE, ST FILE  -  1,342 words
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      Lock icon A night to remember
      685 14 / 15  -  The New Paper turned 25 on Friday and threw a party for all ages REPORT: JOSE HONG, BHAVNA JAGTIANI tnp@sph.com.sg Mardi Gras dancers in bejewelled costumes strutted to hypnotic rhythms from batucada drummers. Capoeira dancers executed leaps while the crowd cheered, caught up in the atmosphere.
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      Lock icon Fight cubs
      1141 16 / 17 Impossible to make someone completely ‘bully-proof’: Expert You would normally associate mixed martial arts (MMA) with professionals viciously fighting it out with each other in a cage. But picture kids executing the jabs and flying kicks? Parents concerned about bullying in school are sending their children as young
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      Lock icon Journey to the centre of the nerd
      733 19  -  San Diego Comic-Con 2013 NICHOLAS YONG tnp@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM SAN DIEGO Nicholas Yong is the co-founder of geek news website GeekCrusade.com, which covers movies, TV and comics. Held over four days here, ComicCon International is considered one of the world’s largest pop culture
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      Lock icon Monster to ‘rot in jail’ for 1,000 years
      434 20 Cleveland kidnapper to spend life in prison under plea deal for holding three women as sex slaves for decade The captor is now the captive. Soon after the arrest of Ariel Castro in May, his brothers Onil and Pedro said they were
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      Lock icon Abducted, raped, locked up and no doctor available
      184 20 The captivity of the three women Ms Amanda Berry, 27, Ms Gina Dejesus, 23, and Ms Michelle Knight, 32, was depraved beyond anybody’s imagination. Ms Dejesus was even a friend of Ariel Castro’s daughter Arlene. Castro imprisoned her in his home along
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      Lock icon Happy to be home now
      244 20 The victims are now moving on with their lives. They released a joint statement on YouTube early this month thanking the people of Cleveland for their support. They also thanked them for respecting their privacy. The 3½-minute video came two months after they were rescued
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      Lock icon Three women to face questioning
      317 21 Four Muslims dropped from M’sia pageant Three of the four Muslim contestants dropped from the Miss Malaysia World beauty pageant will be hauled up for questioning. This comes after the Federal Territories mufti Wan Zahidi Wan said their participation was sinful and haram. The Federal
      PICTURES: THE STAR  -  317 words
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      Lock icon Bynes’ parents seek to take control of her medical care, finances
      260 21 She is hyper-par-anoid and she is burning through her savings. Actress Amanda Bynes (right) even took a taxi to travel from New York to Los Angeles before torching a neighbour’s driveway. It’s little wonder, then, that her parents are
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      Lock icon Latest Korean fad: Under-eye fat
      388 22 For most of us, eye bags can be a problem. We go to great lengths to get rid of them. Not in South Korea, though. Women there are doing everything they can to make the skin under their eyes fatter. The new trend considered to
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      Lock icon Dying Simpsons co-creator to give fortune to charity
      382 22 He has been diagnosed with terminal colon cancer and it has spread to his liver and kidneys. So Mr Sam Simon (below), 58, the cocreator of The Simpsons, the longest-run-ning scripted show in television history, has decided to give away his vast
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      704 30 / 31  -  Muslim women are enjoying a new wave of Islamic fashion offering trendy choices that keep to dressing guidelines REPORT: JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg Most Singaporeans may not know much about Islamic fashion, or even that it exists. But in recent years, a raft of designers are proving there’s more
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  • SNAPSHOT
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      Lock icon Our senior executive photojournalist picks his pictures of the week
      116 7  -  MOHD ISHAK SAMON ishak@sph.com.sg SPLASH: Wild ponies being herded into the Assateague Channel for their annual swim from Assateague Island to Chincoteague, Virginia,in the US, on Wednesday. Every year, the wild ponies are rounded up on the national wildlife refuge
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      Lock icon Bomb goes off in Philippines restaurant filled with doctors
      112 8 / 9 AFP Six people were killed and at least 48 were wounded in the Philippines when a bomb struck a restaurant filled with doctors after a national convention, police said yesterday. Police said the improvised explosive device went off around midnight at
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      Lock icon Japan hoping to hold reconciliation talks with South Korea
      121 8 / 9 AFP Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said yesterday that he hoped to hold his first summit with South Korean President Park Geun Hye to mend frayed ties between the two countries. Mr Abe called for reconciliation after a year of diplomatic
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      Lock icon Pope says to ‘shake up’ the church in face of dwindling numbers
      103 8 / 9 AP Pope Francis yesterday challenged bishops from around the world to get out of their churches and preach, and to have the courage to go to the farthest margins of society to find the faithful. During a mass
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      Lock icon Gunman in US hostage situation shot after negotiations ‘fell apart’
      107 8 / 9 AP A gunman holding hostages inside a Florida apartment complex killed six people before being shot to death by a police commando team that stormed the building early yesterday, police said. Sergeant Eddie Rodriguez said that police got a call
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      78 8 / 9 BLOODBATH: Two men, victims of another slashing incident, left a 400m trail of blood while trying to escape the attack. Witnesses said the incident occurred at Block 497C, Tampines Street 45, at about 6.45am on Friday. Police arrested four people for rioting after the incident. Two men were
      PICTURE: LIANHE WANBAO  -  78 words
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      Lock icon NEA: Tray return facilities for all hawker centres in two years
      115 8 / 9 Tray return points and racks will be fitted at all hawker centres in Singapore in the next two years, the National Environment Agency said yesterday. This follows the successful com- pletion of a pilot programme started at nine centres
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      Lock icon S’pore, M’sia acknowledge Indonesia’s anti-haze actions
      103 8 / 9 Senior officials of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore received updates on Indonesia’s efforts to address the fires that caused the haze at the first trilateral meeting on transboundary haze on Friday. Future areas for cooperation were also considered. Singapore and Malaysia acknowledged Indonesia’s ongoing efforts
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      Lock icon Strengthen meritocracy to stop elitism: ESM Goh
      327 8 / 9 ‘TOP SCHOOLS MUST HELP BUILD INCLUSIVE SOCIETY’ Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday warned of the threat of elitism, saying it can divide the inclusive society that Singapore is striving to build. This may happen if society’s brightest and most able think
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      Lock icon New hospital’s queue system to cut waiting time by 30 to 40%
      236 8 / 9 A new queue system will help cut waiting time for patients when the Ng Teng Fong General Hospital opens next year. The patient will need to register only once, said Jurong Health chief executive Foo Hee Jug. “The
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      Lock icon HAPPINESS INDEX
      187 8 / 9 We rate the past week’s news good and bad Singapore’s manufacturing sector shrank a larger than expected 5.9 per cent in June, compared with a year ago. This is due to a sharp fall in pharmaceuticals, which is traditionally a volatile sector. Search and rescue operations for eight
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      Lock icon INSTALIFE
      40 8 / 9 Capturing life through an app While being interviewed for The New Paper’s 25th anniversary, TNP photo chief Simon Ker whipped out his stash of newspapers, including the first issue of TNP, published on July 26,1988. TNP photographer Ariffin Jamar
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  • GROUND ZERO A BOTTOM-UP PERSPECTIVE ON ISSUES
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      Lock icon Let’s clean up our act first
      1185 12  -  World Toilet Day sparks loos talk MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg ureenk@sph.com.sg This week’s news that the UN has adopted Singapore’s resolution to designate November 19 as World Toilet Day did not sit well with peo ple here. Some acerbic online comments included:“ We cannot even
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  • CONFESSIONS OF A RACE QUEEN
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      Lock icon Showing flesh needs a thick skin
      858 13  -  BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg Miss Megan Long has a long-term boyfriend, but seldom admits it. As a race queen, being single and available increases her appeal, explains the 23-year-old. The petite undergraduate often evades questions about her romantic status, or supplies coy answers to
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  • ASPIRE/AFFORD
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      Lock icon Fit for a prince
      208 18  -  The birth of Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge, the scion of Prince William and Kate Middleton, has set off a wave of baby-related euphoria. Here’s some stuff new parents here can splash out on to treat their little royalty Text and pictures by Benson Ang
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  • EATS
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      Lock icon A head for fishy business
      358 24  -  K F SEETOH tnp@sph.com.sg One man’s dross is another person’s gold. Some time back, I was holidaying in Amsterdam and couch surfing at a friend’s place there, when I got quickly bored of their much vaunted pickled herring this and that. Yawnnnn. So I cycled
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      Lock icon Fishy head-turners
      546 24 In the Chinatown Complex food centre alone, there are about 15 stalls offering steamed fish heads done in a plethora of sauces. Each dish costs $13 on average and all the stalls are enjoying brisk business. It’s not a fad offering as it is a familiar comfort dish
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      Lock icon The choice THIS WEEK: YONG TAU FOO
      500 25 Brought to you by Kapitans by Kopitiam Tampines One Jing House Yong Tau Foo Operating Hours: 9am 10pm This stall boasts one of the most varied food selections, prepared fresh and displayed prominently. Chicken seasoning is added to the soup stock, boosting its
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      Lock icon Siew mai
      522 26 / 27  -  HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg HED CHEF Everybody loves dim sum, and siew mai is usually the favourite. But while it’s often eaten when dining out, there’s no need to feel intimidated about making dim sum yourself. This recipe will let you create your own siew mai and is so
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  • SECRET SHOPPER
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      Lock icon The answer to your bag cravings
      614 28 SECRET SHOPPER tnp@sph.com.sg I used to liken my bag to Doraemon’s magical pocket. Outwardly small and compact, yet able to fit many things including my laptop. But lately, it has turned into a black hole. I’ve been struggling to fish out my wallet when
      TNP PICTURES: CHOO CHWEE HUA  -  614 words
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  • WHEELS
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      Lock icon Pleasure Ride
      839 32 / 33 Why while away your free time in the shopping malls or lounging around when you could be cycling with family or friends? If you don’t have a bike or can’t ride, here are some places you can rent bicycles or learn to cycle Hire and ride PASIR RIS
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      316 34 THE STRAITS TIMES WHEREVER YOU ARE tJ jjfijiiij -fj-f.fJ.iiijJp, iu 'fjnns'z jEQti fji j 7/ mzm 8UJ I M r- 1 STAY INFORMED ON WHAT MATTERS MOST GRAB THESE FABULOUS GIFTS when you Subscribe to The Straits Times. Select o Plan and pick your gift! SP/ear Pina 3-Year Plan is
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  • NIGHTLIFE
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      Lock icon Butter spreads to Art
      621 35  -  ZUL ANDRA tnp@sph.com.sg ZulAndra 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. AFTER 7 For a brief moment, art and science combined. I didn’t know what to expect of
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  • HUMOUR
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      Lock icon Excuse me, are you a royal?
      844 36  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS tnp@sph.com.sg NOTES Finally, the royal baby is here. We can all get on with our lives and I’ll be spared stupid questions. For a month, I was in the US, where I was somehow confused for a British royal. Considering the scruffy
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      Lock icon Social media: Every day is April Fools’ Day
      866 37  -  S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg ong@sph.co.sg ACT BLUR Don’t believe everything you read. Or at least, don’t take it too seriously. Last month, I wrote a column about Aaron Aziz being named Singapore’s Most Popular Actor at the Social Star Awards. The headline
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    • REALLY Odd news that’s for real
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  • TV
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      Lock icon Beauty and the Geek: Ugly & bleak
      603 38  - Beauty and the Geek: Ugly bleak JONATHAN ROBERTS jonrob@sph.com.sg Excruciating. Wince-inducing. Beauty And The Geek Australia continues the vile parade that started in the US. Awkward boys with brains get paired with (supposedly) beautiful but air-headed women, and this results in adorably mismatched pairs and the cold hand of death
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  • RACING
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      Lock icon FRIDAY’S SINGAPORE STIPES’ REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
      580 39 RACE 1 ECLAIR SENSATION: Slow into stride; inclined to lay in. JUST A MAN: Steadied when crowded. SUPER CAPTAIN: Jockey O Chavez reported that his horse was not striding out freely. RACE 2 FAITHFULLY: Difficult to be loaded. DESTINY GENERAL: Jumped away awkwardly; raced greenly;
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S IPOH RESULTS
      705 39 Race 1 MS (LC) 1200m 2 THUNDERING ANGEL 55.5 c 52.5 (33-11) ..........WT Chung* (1) 3 3 1 (461) 6 LORD COLLARI 50 c 49 (44-12) .....................Jackie Chuah (2) 1 1 2 (522) 5.25 7 OCEAN PHANTOM 50 c 51.5 (68-17) ........................M Yusri (3) 2 2 3
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      Lock icon There’s a road ahead for Sand Lane
      507 39 Trainer Cliff Brown still pigeonholed progressive sort SAND LANE as a “typical 1,000m speed type” even after he raced away to score by a widening margin in the $75,000 Kranji Stakes C race over 1,000m on Friday. The Sandtrap four-year-old had the race
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      Lock icon FIRST TOTHELIGN (Race 6 No.2)
      197 40 / 41  -  BEST BET BRIAN MILLER TNP PICTURE: LATASHNI GOBI NATHAN Toss in his two wins at the trials and the form numbers preceding FIRST TOTHELIGN will read 1-1-1-1-1. Impressive, huh? That’s just it. The youngster from trainer Shane Baertschiger’s yard is certainly one of the better
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      Lock icon Godolphin in the clear after doping case
      381 40 / 41 AFP The powerful Godolphin are to face no further charges in relation to a doping scandal that saw one of the stable’s leading trainers banned from racing for eight years, the British Horseracing Authority said. The BHA said there was no evidence that
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    • Article
      Lock icon TODAY’S SINGAPORE (LONG & SHORT COURSE C)
      2014 40 / 41 TODAY’S SINGAPORE (LONG SHORT COURSE C) RACE CARD GOING FORECAST: YIELDING RACE 1 C4 D1 12.50 —1400m(Turf) Stakes: $55,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/Origin/Sex, trainer-owner) 1 32--7- Convict 58.5 (61) K A’isisuhairi* c2 2 (5nzg S Gray-S Gray) 2 3323-6 To Be Remembered 58 (60)
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      Lock icon SUNDAY TIPS
      600 40 / 41 Larry Foley 1 RACE Mr X Brian Miller Tan Thean Loon 2 2 To Be Remembered 2 8 1 Lucky Dapper To Be Remembered To Be Remembered Lucky Dapper 8 6 Convict Convict Wassaic Wassaic 6 2 1 1 To Be Remembered Lucky Dapper Convict 8 6 1
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      Lock icon They won’t catch Kate’s Keeper
      2176 42 / 43 LARRY FOLEY’S COMMENTS ON TODAY’S KRANJI MEETING RACE 1 (1,400m) 1 ConvictHHH Winkers on. Fair run in very strong field when resuming and much better suited here. 2 To Be RememberedHHH Honest performer who looks suited here and well in with the claim. 3 Make
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S NZ & AUSTRALIA RESULTS
      947 42 / 43 YESTERDAY’S NZ AUSTRALIA RESULTS RACE 1 Belmont 1st 2 Spin Da Wheels ($20-$6) 2nd 12 Star Of Husson ($119) 3rd 1 Coruscation ($13) 4th 5 Bravosi Forecast $379 Place Forecast (2-12) $318, (1-2) $9, (1-12) $424 Tierce $1610 Trio No winner ($1682 jackpot carried forward to next race). Quartet No
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      Lock icon TODAY’S IPOH RACE CARD
      1829 44 GOING FORECAST: GOOD TNP’S IPOH TIPS RACE 1: 9 Banchory 2 Thundershock 3 Camero 4 Welsh Queen RACE 2: 1 A Perfectionist 8 Desert Soul 5 I Wish 7 Ghost Valley RACE 3:12 Bercham 1 Good Recommend 13 Prince Islander 7 Mr Lucky RACE 4:1 Rising
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      Lock icon Lee Rani looks good for a win at Kalgoorlie
      928 45 COMMENTS COURTESY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS RACE 1 Kalgoorlie (1,600m) 5 WHIRLING LASS: Was caught wide for most of the race and hit the line well for 3rd to Finland. Top younghoop goes on and looks the testing material. 3
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      Lock icon TODAY’S AUSTRALIA (KALGOORLIE/BEAUDESERT) RACE CARD
      275 45 1:05 Race 1 KALGOORLIE—1600M KALGOORLIE2 MISTER FINCH MITCHELL PATEMAN (7) 58 1 GYPSY PRINCE 5 WHIRLING LASS BEN PATERSON (8) 56 6 FIVE INCH HEELS .....................CHRIS PARNHAM (6) 56 58 2 9 MOON RAIDER JOSEPH AZZOPARDI (9) 56 MITCHELL PATEMAN 1:40 Race 2 KALGOORLIE—1300M 1
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  • Page 42 / 43 Miscellaneous
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      32 42 / 43 Saturday July 27 2013 First Second Third 3032 2822 7579 Starters 2632 3187 3551 3983 4475 4906 6256 6634 7470 7540 Consolations 0639 0686 3116 6460 7388 7424 7927 7970 8764 9517
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  • GOLF
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      Lock icon History beckons for Park
      342 46 Reuters Park Inbee will feel as if “the whole world is watching” when the South Korean attempts to write herself into the history books next week. She will be aiming to become the first golfer of either gender to win four Majors in one season. The
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      Lock icon Mahan leads after late birdie-blitz
      363 46 AFP HUNTER Mahan fired a flawless eightunder 64 yesterday morning (Singapore time) to take a two-shot lead over John Merrick after two rounds of the US PGA Tour’s Canadian Open in Oakville. Mahan’s eight birdies were enough to seize the lead from early second-round pace-setter
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      Lock icon Salvador’s feverish round gives him win
      250 46 FILIPINO Elmer Salvador played his way into the record books by becoming the first player to successfully defend a title on the Asian Development Tour (ADT) at the US$65,000 ($78,000) Aboitiz Invitational yesterday. The 43-year-old took advantage of a hot start when he carded
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  • FORMULA ONE
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      Lock icon Pole hat-trick for Hamilton
      451 47 Reuters A stunned Lewis Hamilton scorched to his third pole position in a row for Mercedes in searing track temperatures at the Hungarian Grand Prix yesterday. The 2008 Formula One world champion, a triple winner in Hungary with McLaren, lapped the circuit with a best time
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      Lock icon Troicki vows to fight doping ban ‘nightmare’
      458 47 TENNIS AP SERBIAN tennis player Viktor Troicki will appeal to sport’s highest court to fight his “nightmare” 18-month suspension for failing to provide a blood test, and blames a doctor’s mistake for the infraction. Troicki (right) said last Friday he would put his
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  • SWIMMING
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      Lock icon Reunited quartet eye national mark
      549 48 / 49  -  LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg The last time they swam together four years ago, they set a national record in the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay in Laos. Since then, the quartet of Quah Ting Wen, Lynette Lim, Amanda Lim and Mylene Ong have not competed together
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      Lock icon Missy could team up with Ryan at relay
      373 48 / 49 AP MISSY Franklin and Ryan Lochte might end up swimming in the same event. Swimming’s governing body on Friday voted to include two different mixed-gender relays the 4x100m freestyle and the 4x100 medley at future world championships. Teams will be made up
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      Lock icon Lochte misses retired rival Phelps
      610 48 / 49 Reuters Ryan Lochte wishes old sparring partner Michael Phelps would make a comeback. But he said he must put his former US teammate and good friend out of his mind if he is to increase his tally of world championship medals. Phelps, who ended his
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      Lock icon Pacquiao to have morning fight in Macau
      497 48 / 49 BOXING AFP PHILIPPINE boxing legend Manny Pacquiao will strap on his gloves on a Sunday morning when he takes on Brandon Rios in Macau, as promoters cash in on the lucrative US pay-per-view market. In an almost unprecedented move, America’s top promoter Bob
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  • ATHLETICS
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      Lock icon 49er pair flying high in Poland
      422 50  -  SAILING LIM SAY HENG SINGAPORE could taste more sailing glory following the Republic’s sailors’ clean sweep at the Optimist World Championships in Italy. Griselda Khng and Sara Tan are flying the Republic’s flag high in Poland as they are lying second in 49er FX
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      Lock icon Sick Dipna fails in record bid
      454 50  -  LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg So close, yet so far. National hurdler Dipna Lim-Prasad clocked new personal bests in her 200m and 300m split timings in her 400m hurdles race yesterday at the Singapore Athletic Association’s Track and Field Series 5. But she succumbed to
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