The New Paper, 7 May 2005

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    • 60 1 NEW LOOK. KmKW 03 "O tlie new M m EXCLUSIVE S'pore's tough-talking public service boss: WHY I WHACK AND WORRY. 8 **********01 MICA (P) 094/03/2005 70 CENTS WEE KIM WF.F. 1915-2005 r ■y *»vf V>- a j K m V.i $3 B 4 1 < i .5 V» -i r'
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  • NEWS
    • SINGAPORE
      • 229 2 IT all started with a series of Internet postings by former government scholars. It prompted us to assign our reporter Teh Jen Lee to probe why they had broken their scholarship bonds. Our subsequent report drew the ire of the chairman of A*star (Agency for Science, Technology
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      • 1207 2  -  Meet a larger-than-life public service boss EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Philip Yeo, Man In The News A* Star chairman Philip Yeo creates sustains Singapore's only PhD scholarships A tough-talking maverick, he also names and shames scholars who break bonds By Tan Ooi Boon ooiboon @sph.eom.sg THIS top public
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      • Man in the news
        • 894 3  -  Philip Yeo on A*Star scholars: In The New Paper on Sunday: The glam face of the newS'pore scientist By Tan Ooi Boon tnp@sph.com.sg IN Mr Philip Yeo's book, Singapore boys are whiny and immature. He said this because all government scholars who broke their scholarship
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        • 576 4 HE IS a tough combatant. But if you look under the armour, you will find a man whose heart beats steadily for Singapore. Former MP Chng Hee Kok crossed swords with Mr Yeo in a bitter argument on the
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      • 433 5 I Hislega&v; life worth remembering v c D\y\f. THE overcast skies provided a sombre backdrop to the late Dr Wee Kim Wee's fiuieral. Dr Wee's body was placed in a coffin draped with the national flag and carried through a ceremonial procession that started at his Siglap home.
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      • 125 6 His legacy: A life worth living A flag-draped coffin. A cool, hazy afternoon. A nation in grief—from the average Singaporean to the Minister Mentor. Tears of sorrow at the passing of a great patriach. And tears of respect in
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        339 6 HERE was a man who loved life and lived it to the fullest. A man who put himself up as a shining example in life and in death. His granddaughter, Hui Min, said it best during her very moving—and illuminating—eulogy. A eulogy that clearly touched even Singapore's founding
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      • 185 6 "AT my age, Kong Kong is convinced that we go on learning till our last breath on this planet. "Every day is a new day." Words of a wisdom from a then 88-year-old sent via e-mail, of all things to his granddaughter. A man who loved simple pleasures
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        418 6 THIS was perhaps the late Mr Wee's greatest legacy. His love for humanity dwarfed only by his immeasureable love for his wife of 69 years. She was"the rock of his life", said his granddaughter. "Lite last thoughts were for her. They were holding hands when he finally went
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      • 481 7 His legacy: A wife worth loving An open letter to Mrs Wee Kim Wee... Dear Mrs Wee, THIS week feels like a long twilight. It is something we do not know in Singapore, where light soars or sets quickly. But this lingering neither-light
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  • 637 9  -  Sexuality should not be an issue when worshipping God, says this fringe church that accepts gays NEWSL SINGAPoRE By Andre Yeo andrey@sph. com.sg THEY lead a fringe group that does not wish to remain closetted. For the first time, its leaders have agreed to be
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  • 266 11  -  (From page 12) Too liberal? SINGAPORE NEWS By, Andre Yeo andrcytQsph. cowsg SHE is part of a gay ministry. But she's not a lesbian. And she's not an ordinary Singaporean either. Housewife Mrs Susan Tang (above), 48, a mother of three teenagers,
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      • 513 13  -  What is it about vintage cars that make some men go crazy? By Mindy Tan mindytan@sph.com.sg IT was bought 31 years ago, in 1974, as a humble delivery van, bearing poultry and eggs along bouncing dirt roads. Today, it is a prize-winning classic car.
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      • 126 13 Patience is the key factor to restoration. Ask Mr Allen Lim, 45, who says his 1951 1700 cc Mecedes Benz 170s may be one of only two such cars here. He got certain spare parts only after a German stranger interested in restoration left a
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  • 511 17  -  ■frewa. ♦Pregnant wife dies in 1997 Silk Air crash Now, he sells BMW, quits job. Live for today, he says Byi Zubaidah Nazeer zubaidah ®sph.com.sg IN a flash one day seven years ago, his life changed. It crumbled when his lost his wife in the MI 185
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  • 318 21 ■WEWS_ MALAYSIA HE wanted to be cured of his heart problem. So the 49-year-old hawker went to see a bomoh. But he ended up with heartache instead. The bomoh disappeared with RM130,000 ($56,100) worth of the hawker's jewellery after giving him some "blessed water" to
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  • 581 23 That's no tough guy, it's Kenya's First Lady -NEWS. KENYA'S First Lady is angry. And she is leaving no-one in doubt as to why. Last weekend, she went on a rampage through the capital Nairobi, reportedly venting her anger at a World Bank
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  • NEWS
    • WORLD
      • 617 26 LOVE CHILD 1 Days after Prince Albert succeeded his father to the throne > claims of his having two love children surface in the US and France SHE was a waitress in Desert Springs, California. He, the heir-apparent of Monaco, playground of the rich and
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      • 665 27 LOVE CHILD 2 YET another woman claims that Prince Albert of Monaco fathered her child. A 33-year-old Togolese air hostess, Ms Nicole Coste, claims that he is the father of her 21-month-old son, in an interview with French magazine, Paris Match, this week. But, she alleged,
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  • 614 29 He raped her, gouged out her eye, left her bleeding in bathroom and then in court offers to marry her w 0 R L 0 -NEWS_ HE raped a 19-year-old, gouging out her right eye with his bare fingers when she resisted and then
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  • NEWS
    • News watcher
      • 185 33  -  No thM? Stay abreast of key news through the eyas of a professional By Eugene Wee tnp@sph.com.sg AMONG Asians, nobody speaks English as well as Singaporeans, a study has found. Not only that, Singapore has widened its English proficiency gap with rival Hong Kong, according to
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      • 108 33 PIRATE attacks around the world are down, but Indonesia's waters remain the most dangerous stretch of sea for ships. According to the International Maritime Bureau's piracy watch centre in Kuala Lumpur, 56 attacks were reported for the first three months of2005, down from 79 in the same
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      • 106 33 PAKISTAN has smashed a new al-Qaeda plot to kill President Pervez Musharraf, security officials said yesterday. A Libyan accused of being the al-Qaeda number three was involved in the plot, they added. Abu Faraj al-Libbi, allegedly a key aide of Osama bin Laden, was arrested on
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      • 119 33 WITH North Korea said to be conducting an underground nuclear test soon, China continues to bicker with South Korea over whether it has done enough to pressure Pyongyang to stop its nuclear weapons programme. Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing told reporters yesterday that China
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      • 52 33 Models posing with the CheryA160, the first Chinese right-hand drive car launched in Malaysia yesterday. Ifs priced at around RM62,000 (about $26,700) with insurance. Indian carmaker Mahindra and Mahindra launched its Scorpio sports utility vehicle in Kuala Lumpur only two days earlier. It costs RM79,913.13 without insurance. Pictures:
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      • 201 33 BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair led his Labour Party to a historic third poll victory yesterday but a slashed majority in parliament may sink his ambition to serve out a full term. With most results in, Mr Blair was heading for
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    • 126 33 GOONDU Idiot, twit, moron, etc. Can be both noun and adjective. There are three possible sources of the word "goondu": (1) the Tamil word for "fat", connoting clumsiness and awkwardness; (2) the Malay term for the lead marble in a game of marbles; and (3) a corruption of "dungu", Malay
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  • SPEAKUP
    • TALK
      • Talk of the town
        • 420 35  -  By Woon Wui Tek wuitek@sph.com.sg IT'S sometimes hailed as a great talent. Or at least a useful skill, offering an edge in the Game of Life. I refer to the ability to: a) Memorise a name b) Recall a face c) And, crucially, connect
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        • 159 35 S'pore Buzz MY 3-year-old nephew makes me feel like a dinosaur. Like all toddlers, he has enough energy to power a nuclear warhead. (It is my personal belief that Iraq's so-called weapons of mass destruction were powered by 3-year-olds bouncing off the walls). Last month,
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        • 162 35 WORTH THINKING ABOUT MONEY doesn't bring you happiness, but it enables you to look for it in more places. Your conscience may not keep you from doing wrong, but it sure keeps you from enjoying it. Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the
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        • 168 36 AS a frequent user of expressways in Singapore, I have seen countless examples of inconsiderate road behaviour. The worst and most frequent one is road hogging, with a slow vehicle moving along the outermost right lane. This usually results in a long convoy of
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        • 131 36 MY wife and I recently made a claim for some shopping vouchers under the DBS credit card bonus scheme through the bank's customer service line. After four weeks, no vouchers arrived in the mail. So we made a second call. A customer officer faxed us a
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        • 155 36 IHAD a very unpleasant experience taking SBS bus service 293 from Tampines interchange to Tampines Ave 8 on 5 May at around 10.45pm. The driver's attitude left much to be desired. Besides nearly knocking down an elderly woman using the pedestrian crossing at the junction of
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    • 29 35 DILBERT SCOn ADAMS A CUBICLE VACANCY OPENED UP. SO I LL BE MOVING OUT OF HERE. fAY ATTORNEY WILL CONTACT YOU ABOUT DIVIDING UP OUR WORKSPACE PROPERTY. a v?I
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    • 89 36 i j Hr/ Do you also have an experience or opinion you want to share? I'! Just send y° ur letters to: The New Paper SpeakUp r&rj&SW 1000 Toa Payoh North &%gSf Level 6, Annexe Block Singapore *****4 You can also e-mail us at tnp@sph.com.sg or fax to 6319-8266. All
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    • 690 36 K Blo« talk THE ELECTRIC NEW PAPER tap.* A Primary Two student ends up in ICU after hitting his head while playing near school benches. Can such accidents be prevented or at least minimised? Have your say on this and other stories on Electric Blog at tnp.sg 1) Ha ends
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  • SHOW it's Saturday!
    • Article, Illustration
      561 37  -  Eri Akbar cri@sph.com.sg GETTING married while you're an up-and-coming Hollywood young gun on the cusp of stardom probably amounts to a career suicide. But Chad Michael Murray took the plunge anyway and he couldn't be happier. The 23-year-old, who earned heart-throb status on teen drama One Tree
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    • 614 38 IT was Love Actually. If not for the British hit movie, Elisha Cuthbert, who had only a cameo as an American temptress, wouldn't have made English men fall in love with her and vote her No 5 on the recent UK
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  • SHOW
    • 694 39  -  Bjrl Feng Zengkun zengkun (frsph.com.sg WHY should the living and breathing mothers of the world be the only ones to receive recognition for their efforts? On this Mothers' Day, The New Paper salutes screen mothers who've made not just a lasting impression on their children, but
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    • 189 41 WEEKEND DISH NEW screen enigma Scarlett Johansson (right) boring? Vanity Fair magazine apparently thought so. The fashion rag arranged a £30,000 ($92,500) photoshoot for the Lost In Translation starlet, but those pictures will never see the light of day because they were deemed too blase. One
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      106 41 FIRST, Britney. Now, Jen. It looks like Britney's baby will have company. Alias star Jennifer Garner, 33, is said to be pregnant with boyfriend Ben Affleck's baby after she was seen with a bulging stomach that doesn't look like part of her very toned body. While the
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    • 110 41 COULD Robbie Williams' days as the golden boy of record label EMI be numbered? Despite signing a sizeable £80 million ($247 m) contract with the company, it seems head honchos are concerned that his upcoming album, Intensive Care, won't match up to 2003's mega-selling Escapology.
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  • SHOW
    • 232 43 WEEKEND DISH JEROME Le Baut, 36, and Asa Kubiak, 20, have big clown shoes to fill. It has only been two weeks since the two were passed the baton to continue a body-balancing act, Vis Versa, for Cirque du Soleil's (CDS) production of Quidam on a
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    • 284 43 DISH OF THE WEEK This week's headline hoggers: Tom Cruise Katie Holmes EVER since news of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' romance broke last week, the loved-up duo dubbed TomKat have been creating a media frenzy with their frequent displays of public affection from Rome to
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    707 45  -  With an acerbic wit, zero tolerance for fools and a reputation for being diva-ish, Asha Gill is no ordinary TV host -SIOW By Sylvia Toh Paik Choo tnpQsph.com.sg SHE was the barbwire in The Weakest Link when she hosted the TV game show. But she should have been
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  • 402 47  -  IPhe's in her 30s, has three kids, a few lines and... Hot dish -SHOW ■r* By Yeoh Wee Teck wecteck@spb.com.sg WENDI Chan is the best adVertisment for the makeup brand she manages. The 32-year-old product manager of Averine Makeup has soft dewy skin, perfect hair, posture and
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  • GUIDE it's Saturday!
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      457 49 Is'porei ■foodieJ OYSTER fans in Singapore are spoilt for choice. The oysters come from France, Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. But despite the wide range in origin, there are only two types of oysters deep (creuse) or flat. The flat oysters the more expensive variety—can cost over
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    • 284 50  -  By Adeline Woon tnp<S>sph.com.sg PROBABLY the most enjoyable thing about a dim sum meal is the wide assortment of dumplings, buns and pastries both sweet and savoury—that you are served. As the dim sum (which means to touch the heart in Cantonese) come in bite-sizes, there
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    • 147 50 IT is said that there are some 2,000 varieties of Cantonese dim sum. Wah Lok Cantonese Restaurant at Carlton Hotel seems to have added to the list. There's baked BBQ pork pastry, which is crunchy on top with a soft yeasty bun at the bottom and a savoury
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    • 231 51  -  By Bryna Sim brynasim @sph.com.sg THE three Japanese dishes set before me were a feast for the eyes. The sukiyaki (simmered beef fillet) was served with a bubbling pot of golden-brown gravy, generously filled with well-seasoned vegetables. Thinly sliced and tender, the beef tasted great when dipped
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    • 142 52 GET ready for Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of The Sith at Burger King with the new Galactic Burger. Choose from a chicken or beef patty, which comes with lettuce, tomato, a special tangy barbecue sauce, mayonnaise and Star Potatoes, star-shaped crispy potato fries.
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    • TECH
      • 434 53  -  By Eugene Wee cugcncw@sph.com.sg SONY seems to be taking its first tentative steps at seeing if there will be a demand for a video version of iTunes, Apple's popular music download service. And it's starting with its Play Station Portable (PSP) handheld gaming machine. It recently
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      • 147 54 In God We Trust Loser-type Robert goes into limbo after being mowed down by a truck. There, he learns that he can't get to heaven because he has racked up too many demerits for a series of minor infractions during his life (he mows profanity
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        • 297 72 Champ Silent Witness can 'absolutely' win 18th straight race Reuters. THE jockey of Hong Kong horse Silent Witness is confident he will keep his winning streak when he tackles the 1,600 m trip for the first time next Saturday. The Australian-bred gelding cruised to his 17th consecutive win
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        • 285 73 Reuters. BELLAMY ROAD can cap a phenomenal spring season today (tomorrow morning in Singapore) although he must battle some hard-to-ignore race history and 19 other horses in the Kentucky Derby. Despite looking unbeatable in his last two starts, the Nick Zito-trained
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        • 660 73 1.45 RACE 1 C5 03 —1200m (SC) 1 HAPPY YEARS *GMagen 5) 57 2 ROYAL SATIN TMWan 7) 56.5 3 JERAM EXPRESS B Stewart (10) 56 4 CALDECOTTSTAR GCooksley (12) 54.5 5 SUMMER POSE J Winks 1) 54.5 6 CRYPTOGRAM *J Nizam
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          322 74 BEST BET Miiq Of GoM(towS No. 8), who raced formerly ss Wellington, lookt an absolute treat this afternoon. In Ms last two runs over the metric mile, he led for most of the way but found one to beat close to home on both occasions. The Winson
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        • 440 74 GUIDE TO KUALA LUMPUR TRACKWORKI NST. FULL FORCE showed further headway in his winding-up gallop yesterday and looks set to score a back-to-back success in the Class 5 Div 1 event over 1,400 m in Race 2 tomorrow. Taken out by jockey Ismadi Ismail, the
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        • 381 75  -  Rookie lands hat-trick By Danny Khoo dkhoo @sph. eom.sg THE loudest cheers were reserved for one young lady at Kranji last night. And when trainer Charles Leek unabashedly planted a kiss on the cheek of his apprentice Sheryl Cheam for all to see on the
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        • 1377 75 RACE 1: C Goon replaced M Azrull on DOUBLE TAP as the latter was unwell. DOUBLE TAP dwelt and was slow. FRANSHOEK was slow into stride. TOMAHAWK MWSNI jumped awkwardly. COSMIC COMMANDER and BM6HT WONDER bumped on jumping. HOMMONO was buffeted shortly after the start between
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        • 128 76 MALAYSIAN champion jockey Azhar Ismail (above) has failed in his appeal and has been disqualified for 12 months with immediate effect. The Perak Turf Club Racing Stewards yesterday heard Azhar's appeal against his one-year ban imposed by the Stipendiary Stewards over the running
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        • 498 77 AFP SPAIN'S Sergio Garcia shrugged off blustery conditions to seize a two-shot lead after the first round of the USss.6m ($9.2 m) Wachovia Championship on Thursday. Garcia's six-under 66 on the difficult Quail Hollow course included eight birdies, and the European Ryder Cup star
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        • 255 77 Reuters BRITON Paul Broadhurst may be hearing from his penpal if he wins his second European Tour title in three events golfing great Gary Player. Broadhurst lies joint second early in the second round of the Italian Open on nine-under-par, three strokes behind leader and
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      • Michelob Ultra Open
        • 596 78 She is World No 1 She scores 5-over 76 She is in 107 th spot AFP ANNIKA Sorenstam's bid to surpass Nancy Lopez's record of five consecutive wins on the LPGA got off to a bad start on Thursday. The world No 1 posted a
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        • 427 78 AFP DESPITE a day of mixed fortunes, the presence of KJ Choi loomed large over the SK Telecom Open after the Korean star finished just two strokes off the halfway pace set by Australian Andrew Buckle. In cold and wet conditions at the II
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        • 685 79  -  SPAIN It Pete Jenson Special Correspondent ISAID it was all over in Spain last week. With 10 minutes to go, it was as predicted, Real Madrid failing to beat Real Sociedad, then Ronaldo who hadn't said a word all match "spoke" twice and
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        • 250 79 5 JUVENTUS have lost their heads and are about to lose the title with it. They face arch-rivals AC Milan for the title this weekend and it's winner takes all The two are beating everyone else in sight so the winners of this contest
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  • SPORTS
    • Saturday Snap EPL The Weekend Show
      • 584 81  -  With i Ivan Lim pjlim@sph.com.sg Liverpool has beaten Chelsea. Do you think they'll go into this game with more confidence or will they be drained from the experience of Tuesday's Champion's League semi-final victory? I think that Liverpool will be on a major
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      • 510 82  -  By Mindy Tan F mindytan sph.com.sg~ FRANKLY, I can't wait for the season to end. We've been fooling ourselves, propagating a not-so-beautiful game tiiis ugly season. We've found out Wayne Rooney is violent and David Beckham is a cheat Although the majority of men on
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        663 83  -  My guest this week is Steven Choo y Manchester United fan and winner of the Tiger Beer $500,000 Kick Challenge. He shares with us his experience as a winner With Ivan Lim pjlim@sph.com.sg STEVEN CHOO likes beer. He likes his beer in jugs, quart bottles or cans. Because
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          2214 84  - TEXT BY Brian Miller npsports@sph.com.sg MATCH 0301 CHI L ST A v CHAHLfON HRIAH 1 J T7C SIQH(/ I OOLM* C J > 11 MOT .TTCNMK.TOK 7 30 7.80 r :,j 1 2 .(»A1 1 OCUAAM VB tt 5 05 V v- 1 I OMUMfit* jHBfi r »J| m I
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        • 584 86 THE FINKTANK... A NEW WAY TO BEAT OTHERS THE outcome of many of this season's races still hang in the balance. The relegation battle now looks like a choice between Palace and Southampton but since one game can transform the probabilities, it is very hard
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        • 221 87 (figLJBsshowoonpJBrpredctiore fuMme scores. Octed scores are finktestein's precictions) r DATE HOME TC-A1/ AWAY TEAM HOME WIN DRAW AWAY WtN 1 FINAL SCORE <III 1-0 2-0 2-1 3-0 3-1 3-2 10-0 1-1 2-2 3-3 0-1 0-2 1-2 I T>€TEAM imr TO SCOW TOST THEPLAYB? lJ
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        • 418 87  -  CT 11 D 5 I AK Lexclusive^^— BOftOv TOTTENHAM By) GEORGE BOATING MIDDLESBROUGH TODAY'S game against Tottenham at the Riverside isn't just the biggest game of our season, it's the biggest game of our careers. This could make or break people. If we
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        • 757 88  -  By Tay Tze Siong npsports@sph.com.sg WITH the English Premier League title in the bag, it is very difficult to predict whether Chelsea will go all out against Charlton tonight. Some feel Chelsea will want to win in front of their own fans. Whatever the outcome is,
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        • 760 89  -  By Edwin Yeo npsports (Qsph.comsg I SAW the most bizarre thing this week. During dinner at a Japanese restaurant on Wednesday, I overheard two ladies talking about die Liverpool v Chelsea Champions League match. Now, I'm not sexist, and I am fully aware
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        • 95 89 JONATHAN TURNER ft DAVID JOHN (PA Sport) TODAY: Aston Villa 1 Man City 2 Blackburn 2 Fulham 0 Chelsea 3 Charlton 1 Palace 2 Southampton 1 Everton 1 Newcastle 1 Man United 2 West Brom 0 Boro 1 Tottenham 2 Norwich 2 Birmingham 2 Portsmouth 1 Bolton 2
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          826 90 PA Sport. THE world was a different place when Alan Ball was performing his particular brand of perpetual motion in England's midfield. The Beades were in their pomp, Harold Wilson was Prime Minister and while footballers earned a decent living, the game could never have envisaged attracting the
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    • 51 83 CONTACT US The Weekend Show by Ivan Lim is a weekly feature combining football with glamour, entertainment, lifestyle and fun. Do tell us if there is a personality you'd like us to feature or if you have an event that's connected or remotely connected to football. E-mail: pjlim@sph.com.sg or call
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