The New Paper, 30 March 2015

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1 16 The New Paper

  • news
    • LEE KUAN YEW 1923 – 2015
      • 1022 2 / 3  -  Yesterday, as the skies drenched the streets, S’pore said a teary farewell to its first Prime Minister a man who made S’pore’s water security a ‘lifelong obsession’ COMMENT By KEN JALLEH JR kenjr@sph.com.sg That’s life, Mr Lee Kuan Yew would say, when faced with intractable fate, stoic
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      • 604 4 / 5  -  As Mr Lee Kuan Yew made his final journey, people who lined the streets from the Padang through the Central Business District are living reflections of the Singapore he helped create THE NEW PAPER TEAM: Azim Azman, Chai Hung Yin, Jonathan Choo, Gavin Foo, Foo Jie
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      • 583 6 / 7 As Mr Lee Kuan Yew made his final journey, people who lined the streets from Tanjong Pagar through Bukit Merah are living reflections of the Singapore he helped create HEAVENS ARE CRYING: (Above) Bouquets lining the route the funeral cortege took along Jalan Bukit Merah. (Right)
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      • 637 8 / 9 As Mr Lee Kuan Yew made his final journey, people who lined the streets from Queensway through Commonwealth Avenue are living reflections of the Singapore he helped create ...a father figure Cleaners Masliyati, 54, and Shanti Sankaran, 46, were overcome with grief when they heard of
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      • 896 10 / 11  -  PM Lee Hsien Loong and his brother Hsien Yang barely held back their emotions as they delivered their eulogies Reports by JUDITH TAN juditht@sph.com.sg One is the leader of a nation. The other, of a business. But when it came to delivering the eulogies in the
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      • 214 10 / 11 Former Senior Minister of State: In an emotional eulogy at the State Funeral Service, former Senior Minister of State Sidek Saniff recounted how Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s frugal ways extended even to his Cabinet. Speaking in Malay, he said when he had to accompany then Finance
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      • 361 10 / 11 ESM Goh Chok Tong: Ten eulogies were delivered at Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s State Funeral Service yesterday. One of them was delivered by Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong. He remembered how after he took over as Prime Minister, Mr Lee continued to be
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      • 606 12 / 13  -  Elderly Tanjong Pagar resident adamant about attending the state funeral service Report by MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg Seated in the University Cultural Centre (UCC) yesterday was an ordinary man invited to the state funeral service for an extraordinary man. Mr Chong Youn Toat, 90, who has
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      • 205 12 / 13 Mr Lee Hsien Yang, 57, said he taught his children how to answer questions on the links to their grandfather. “I have taught my children never to mention or flaunt their relationship to their grandfather, that they needed to make their
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      • 497 12 / 13 First prime minister Lee Kuan Yew’s three children gave personal eulogies at the cremation ceremony at Mandai yesterday When Mr Lee Kuan Yew turned purple after choking on a piece of meat at lunch, it was his security officers (SOs) who saved his
        PHOTOS: JONATHAN CHOO, THE STRAITS TIMES  -  497 words
      • 274 12 / 13 While preparing his eulogy, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong recalled a speech his father had made to a congress of cardiologists in 1972 about cardiac health, decrepitude, the right to die, advanced medical directives (though before the term was coined), and much more. “I re-read
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    • VOCAL
      • YOUR SAY
        • 713 14 / 15  -  REMEMBERING LEE KUAN YEW FROM READER EUNICE LI DAN YUE As we remember our founding father Mr Lee Kuan Yew, all schools, from kindergartens to universities, should spare some time to play video clips showing how Singapore became what it is today. These
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        • 136 14 / 15  -  FROM READER CHIANG GING SENG I am a pioneer generation Singaporean. During the 1950s and 60s, I witnessed gang fights, and read reports of goldsmith robberies and kidnappings. There was a lot of rubbish lying around and the river stank. That today’s Singapore is
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        • 264 14 / 15  -  FROM DR LESLIE LAM In October 1983, Mr Hon Sui Sen, who was then the Finance Minister, was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the Singapore General Hospital after a heart attack. Initially, he did well, but he had a second massive attack
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        • 698 14 / 15  -  FROM MR TIMOTHY LOW I’m not one who dabbles in the sticky mess of political posts on social media. I don’t scrutinise, criticise or whine about whatever the authorities do. As long as the streetlights come on when it’s dark, water
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    • 695 16 / 17  -  Today is World Bipolar Day. RONALD LOH (rloh@sph.com.sg) speaks to a recovering patient of the mental illness and finds out how she overcame it RONALD LOH (rloh@sph.com.sg) Her mood swings were so severe that she could be up and about organising events at work
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    • 313 16 / 17 People suffering from bipolar disorder are still able to lead a normal life if they look after themselves, said the head of the Institute of Mental Health’s department of general psychiatry and mood disorder unit. Dr Mok Yee Ming, 43, who has been
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    • 98 18 There was another fire at Ho Ching Road yesterday. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) was alerted to the blaze at Block 116 at 4.55pm. The fire from a fourth-storey unit was extinguished with two water jets, said an SCDF spokesman. A man in his 40s was
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    • 658 18  -  Two residents of Block 119, Ho Ching Road, taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation. One of them suffered serious burns. Report by ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg He heard shouts and thought there was an argument between neighbours. A few moments later, Mr
      PHOTOS: ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF, COURTESY OF STEVEN PUA  -  658 words
    • 92 19 1 He hasn’t decided if he wants to be an artist or an architect when he grows up. 2 He always has a packet of tidbits or candy at his side to munch on when he is not working on a portrait. 3 He has
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    • 618 19  -  Japanese art prodigy in town for exhibition, enjoys meeting people from all over the world Report by Andrea Seet andreas@sph.com.sg “Can I draw you for 100 yen?” That was what little Mondo Okumura asked his musician father’s friend one day about four years ago.
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    • 142 20 A woman from California was arrested last Wednesday for plotting to kidnap two babies, including one who was taken by her alleged accomplice and later found dead in a dumpster. The woman had allegedly attacked their mothers in a bizarre
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    • 292 20 Snatch theft foiled when victim holds on Residents of a neighbourhood in Petaling Jaya are shaken by the aggressive manner in which two snatch thieves dragged a 76-year-old widow with their motorcycle. Ms Seow Wah Yin sustained bruises in the 10.20am incident at Sea Park
      PHOTO: THE STAR  -  292 words
    • 155 20 Indonesian police accidentally got some residents of West Jakarta high on drugs after burning three tonnes of confiscated marijuana. Palmerha police had set fire to a heap of drugs right outside their office. However, it created a giant cloud of smoke which then dispersed
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    • 179 20 A spectator was killed and several others were injured after being struck by a racing car at the Nurburgring circuit in Germany on Saturday, race organisers and police told SID, an AFP subsidiary. The accident happened during the first race of the season in
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    • 104 20 A Jet Airways passenger was arrested yesterday because he opened the emergency exit of the plane and jumped off the wing after the plane landed at Mumbai airport last Friday. Akash Jain walked away even as the other passengers alerted the cabin
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  • Page 16 / 17 Miscellaneous
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    • 45 1 euro 2016 qualifier holla d 1 turkeY 1 no more ‘golden gUUS’ MONDAY MARCH 30 2015 Midas touch missing as holland struggle again under hiddink, says garY liM ›s2 16-page pullout PHOTO: AFP afc u-23 c’ship qualifier: bok upbeat despite 5-0 loss to china ›s16
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  • sports
    • EURO 2016 QUALIFIER
      • 762 2 / 3  -  Clock’s ticking for Hiddink as he fails to build on World Cup success GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg GROUP A HOLLAND 1 (Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 90+2) TURKEY1 (Burak Yilmaz 37) Never kill the goose that lays the golden egg, they say. But the “Golden Guus”, as Guus Hiddink is
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      • 156 2 / 3 AFP Brazil extended their winning streak under new coach Dunga to eight matches as Roberto Firmino came off the bench to secure a 1-0 win over Chile in a feisty friendly at the Emirates Stadium in London yesterday. Hired for a second spell in
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      • 586 2 / 3 Wire Services Holland coach Guus Hiddink insisted his side would qualify for next year’s European Championship Finals in France as his tenure came under more criticism in the wake of a lastgasp 1-1 home draw with Turkey yesterday morning (Singapore time). Hiddink’s team needed
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      • 266 4 / 5 Wire Services CROATIA 5 NORWAY 1 Croatia edged towards the Euro 2016 Finals with a 5-1 home win over Norway in their Group H qualifier in Zagreb yesterday morning (Singapore time). Despite the scoreline, coach Niko Kovac was not totally happy with the
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      • 198 4 / 5 1 Despite Italy debutant Eder (left) coming off the bench to save Azzurri’s blushes with a late equaliser in a rain-lashed 2-2 draw with Bulgaria in Euro 2016 qualifier in Sofia on Saturday, fans were still unhappy with him. Controversy has surrounded Brazil-born Sampdoria forward Eder and
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      • 506 4 / 5 He even receives death threats for decisions made as Italian national coach Wire Services GROUP H BULGARIA 2 (Ivelin Popov 11, Ilian Micanski 17) ITALY 2 (Yordan Minev 4-og, Eder 84) Under-fire Italy coach Antonio Conte urged his critics to bury the hatchet and leave
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      • 614 4 / 5 Wire Services israEl 0 WALES 3 (Aaron Ramsey 45+1, Gareth Bale 50, 77) He may not be performing as well for Real Madrid but, at national level, Gareth Bale has been firing away. After Aaron Ramsey opened accounts against Israel yesterday morning (Singapore time) in Haifa,
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      • 171 4 / 5 Reuters BELGIUM 5 CYPRUS 0 Marouane Fellaini struck twice as Belgium moved within three points of Euro 2016 Group B qualifying leaders Wales with a 5-0 thumping of Cyprus in Brussels yesterday morning (Singapore time). After a win and two draws from their first three matches,
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    • 139 6 / 7 Wire Services They were ready to sing their hearts out when their national anthem was played at the FedEx Field in Washington DC, the United States, yesterday morning (Singapore time). Instead, the El Salvador players and fans were left shell-shocked ahead of
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    • 148 6 / 7 Local favourite Prayad Marksaeng successfully defended his Singha Pattaya Open title yesterday with a comfortable four-shot victory. The 49-year-old (right), who shot an 11-under 60 on day three for a oneshot lead, closed with a four-under 67 and a 22-under total of 262 at the
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    • INT’L FRIENDLY
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        575 6 / 7 United man handed captain’s armband in Messi’s absence but fails to sparkle Wire Services ARGENTINA 2 (Ever Banega 54, Federico Mancuello 87) EL SALVADOR 0 Argentina rested superstar Lionel Messi but were still too powerful for Central Americans minnows El Salvador in a 2-0 friendly win at FedEx
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      • 602 6 / 7 England’s seven-match winning run under threat after nine players pull out PA Sport Roy Hodgson wants his fringe players to prove a point to him in Turin as he prepares to field an “experimental” line-up against Italy on Wednesday morning (Singapore time). England are high
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    • racing
      • 603 8 / 9 Oldest winner beats the favourite California Chrome at fourth try $13.7 MILLION DUBAI WORLD CUP AFP PRINCE BISHOP left racing fans scratching their heads when he cut down the rags-to-riches American horse California Chrome to win the US$10 million ($13.7 million) Dubai World Cup yesterday morning (Singapore
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      • 399 8 / 9  -  TAN THEAN LOON Singapore’s EL PADRINO finished a gallant fourth barely two lengths behind the winner in the US$2 million ($2.73 million) Group 1 Dubai Golden Shaheen at Meydan yesterday morning (Singapore time). Although he did not win on the Alwin Tan-trained dual Merlion
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      • 324 8 / 9 US$1 MILLION GROUP 2 GODOLPHIN MILE 1,600M (DIRT) 1st Tamarkuz (P Hanagan) even favourite 2nd Sloane Avenue (L Dettori) 10/1 3rd Free Wheeling (J Doyle) 50/1 Winning trainer: M al Muhairi Margins and time: Shd, 1½, (1min 36.81sec) 15 ran. US$1 MILLION GROUP 2 DUBAI
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    • 106 10 AFP Hometown golfing hope Jimmy Walker fired six birdies in a three-under-par 69 yesterday morning (Singapore time) to stretch his lead in the US PGA Tour Texas Open to four strokes. Walker, who lives just a halfhour’s drive from TPC San Antonio, had
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    • Article, Illustration
      514 10  -  Zheng Wen goes under Olympic ‘A’ qualifying time for 200m fly in Spain SWIMMING Report by DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg Quah Zheng Wen’s star keeps rising and rising. Just a week after he set two new national and six meet records at the Singapura Finance 46th Singapore National Age-Group
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    • 165 11 AFP South Korea’s Lee Mi Rim carded a six-under 66 yesterday morning (Singapore time) to take a one-shot lead over American Alison Lee into the final round of the LPGA Kia Classic in Carlsbad in the US. Mi Rim, who shared the overnight
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    • 536 11  -  Inspired by late father and Mr Lee, pole vaulter sets new national record ATHLETICS Report by DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg Inspired by her late father and Mr Lee Kuan Yew, pole vaulter Rachel Yang set a new national record of 3.83 metres in winning the event
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    • 127 12 / 13 AFP MILWAUKEE BUCKS 95 GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS 108 The Golden State Warriors secured the top seed in the NBA’s Western Conference yesterday morning (Singapore time) with a record-setting victory over the Milwaukee Bucks. Stephen Curry scored 25 points and Klay Thompson added 21 in
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    • 362 12 / 13  -  Report by HAIQAL SARI haiqals@sph.com.sg Javier Tan, Brandan Tan, Joel Tan and Muhammad Jaris Goh yesterday delivered Singapore’s first gold medal in the boys’ team event since 1997 at the 18th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championships. And Jaris, 20, thanked a certain Singaporean for firing
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    • FORMULA ONE
      • 147 12 / 13 AFP Malaysian Grand Prix organisers announced a three-year contract extension yesterday that will take the race into its 20th edition in 2018. Prime Minister Najib Razak announced the new deal after Sepang circuit officials spent much of the weekend negotiating with F1 supremo
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      • 674 12 / 13 Ferrari star throws gauntlet down to Mercedes duo after emphatic Sepang win Wire Services Sebastian Vettel has set sights on the world championship, after claiming a sensational victory in the Malaysian Grand Prix yesterday to ignite the 2015 Formula 1 season. In a stunning performance, Vettel
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      • 397 12 / 13 Wire Services World champions Mercedes conceded the better car won when they were usurped by a resurgent Sebastian Vettel in his Ferrari at the Malaysian Grand Prix yesterday but felt that poor balance and strategy were also to blame for the rare reversal. The
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      • 210 12 / 13 l Sebastian Vettel (below) beats Lewis Hamilton by 8.5sec, Nico Rosberg third l Four-time world champion Vettel claims first win for Ferrari in just his second race with the Italian team. l Max Verstappen, 17, finishes seventh in just his second race, becoming F1’s youngest
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    • 151 14 / 15 Reuters Former world No. 1 Tiger Woods will today drop outside the top 100 in the rankings for the first time in more than 18 years. The 39-year-old (right) is down at No. 96 and a world ranking official told Reuters that he
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    • 139 14 / 15 AFP Defending champions Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams launched their Miami Open campaigns in contrasting style yesterday morning (Singapore time). World No. 1 Djokovic (right), the top seed who is looking for a fifth Miami Masters crown, had to work for his 6-0, 5-7,
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    • CRICKET
      • 879 14 / 15 Disappointing NZ fall like nine pins against hostile Australian bowling in front of record crowd Reuters Michael Clarke hit 74 in his last one-day international to lead Australia to their fifth World Cup title with a seven-wicket win over New Zealand in a disappointing
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      • 197 14 / 15 Reuters At a World Cup dominated by batsmen and huge scores, it was an old-fashioned fast bowler who ultimately played the biggest role in Australia’s success. Mitchell Starc, whose devastating pace and movement troubled almost every batsmen who faced him, was named Player of the
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    • ON TV
      • 102 14 / 15 AFC U-23 CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS (GROUP STAGE) Tomorrow: SINGAPORE v MONGOLIA StarHub TV Ch 112/205 (SuperSports Arena) 76.25MHz, 5pm INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY Tomorrow: ENGLAND U-21 V GERMANY U-21 Singtel mio TV Ch 111 (mio Sports), 2.40am S.LEAGUE Friday: GEYLANG INTERNATIONAL v TAMPINES ROVERS Singtel mio TV Ch 111 (mio Sports 1),
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      • 80 14 / 15 NBA Today: PHEONIX SUNS v OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 9am Wednesday: DETROIT PISTONS v ATLANTA HAWKS StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 7.30am Thursday: MILWAUKEE BUCKS v CHICAGO BULLS StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 7.30am PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS v LA CLIPPERS StarHub TV
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      • 24 14 / 15 MAYBANK MALAYSIA OPEN Thursday: ROUND OF 16 StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports 1), 5pm Friday: Quarter-finals StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports 1), 5pm
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      • 18 14 / 15 ANA INSPIRATIONS Thursday: DAY 1 StarHub TV Ch 208 Singtel mio TV Ch 114 (FOX Sports), 11.55pm
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      • 32 14 / 15 MIAMI OPEN Today: DAY 5, SESSION 2 StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports 1), 9am DAY 6 StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports 1), 11pm Tomorrow: StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports 1), 11pm
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    • 608 16  -  Coach Bok says U-22 boys gave China a good fight, despite slim hopes of qualifying for Finals Report by SHAMIR OSMAN shamiro@sph.com.sg AFC U-23 C’SHIP QUALIFIER GROUP J SINGAPORE U-22 0 CHINA U-22 5 (Li Yuanyi 2, Feng Gang 39, Xu Xin 58-pen, Zhang Yifeng 66,
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