The New Paper, 9 April 2006

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  • 13 1 the new Paper on Sunday 9 APRIL 2006 MICA (P) 189/02/2006 80 CENTS
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    • 910 2  - Chinatown brothel USED NET MOBILE SERVICE TO OPERATE SECRETLY Invited to 1 become website member, then gets customer number Member sends SMS to brothel to book girl Customer number checked against member's handphone number Reports and pictures Special Correspondents tnpOsph.com.sg UNTIL last Friday, it was probably Singapore's most hush-hush sex
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    • 332 3 THE secret brothel was uncovered after a The New Paper on Sunday reader e-mailed us about the joint. The reader wrote: "{The owner) has set up a (Internet) forum and manages the website (from home). "Members (of a sex website) are invited to register for
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    • 719 4  -  INSIDE I 1 1 STORY I J Role-playing in net games and chatting. Now: Role-playing prostitutes 1 I available online 1 Special Correspondents tnp@sph.com.sg THE internet sex joint's offer of women in fantasy costumes for clients was not a new idea. Two months go,
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    • 358 4  -  COMMENT Ian Tan tanytil@sph.com. sg AS you read this, somebody is probably posting their details (fictional or otherwise) onto online portals, blogs, message forums and other Internet platforms in the hope of finding a potential sex partner. Take for example the popular portal called
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    • 990 6  -  Woman who tries to stop fight is killed He's drinking with friends at a pub when a staring incident sparks a brawl. Then, someone yells... ZaihanMohdYusof zaihan@sph.com.sg J MR V Balan used to go drinking with his buddies at pubs almost twice a week. Over cold
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    • 341 7  -  EstherAuYang esthores@ <- THEER job is to break up fights or prevent them and keep clubbers safe. But bouncers axe sometimes blamed for starting brawls. Some are rumoured to be gang members or have served time. Ukesecurity guards, bouncers have to earn a National S3dHs Recognition
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    • 714 8  -  He has been embroiled in countless fights after clowning a lew rounds of alcohol. These days, to stay out of trouble, he says.~ Report and picture DominicYing ctomying@sph.com.sg YOU are quiet by nature but it can make you talkative. You may be gentle
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    • 213 9 sph.com.sg and These individuals, headded, mayhave psychopathic personalities. That is, they have a lower regard for societal i conventions and rules. XJNLY WAY TO GET THMGS DONE' A psychopathic personality is a combination of inborn genetic traits and eariy family and childhood
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      863 10  -  ADOPTED SISTER GETS KIDNEY FROM SIBLING THEY FINALLY BECOME^ B* For more than 35 years, adopted Chines woman loves younger Malay woman like blood sister Last month Malay sibling donates kidney to her EstherAuYong estheray@ sph.com.sg FOR more than 35 years, they called each other "sister" although they
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    • 324 11 LIVING donor transplants, such as the one involving the Nawem sisters, do not happen often in Singapore. According to statistics, such surgeries are not popular among. Singaporeans. Last year, there were only 24 oyt ofBoo new kidney patients who received organs from living
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    • 1217 12  -  Love him or hate him, you'll never forget Mr Yong Pung How (right) WITTY: His rebukes are well-known TOUGH: He has enhanced sentences on appeal COMPASSIONATE: He has cut sentences in needy cases EFFICIENT: He's cut waiting time in court so people can benefit TanOoi Boon ooiboon@sph.com.sg
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    • 412 12  -  KarenWong karen@sph.com.sg HE may be the most senior judge in Singapore. But Chief Justice Yong Pung How never shied away from saying sorry to lawyers if he had made a mistake or was late for court sittings. Criminal lawyer Subhas Anandan noted that "the Chief' was well-known
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    • 715 13  -  KarenWong karen@sph.com.sg HE was facing a criminal charge and a possible jail term. Then he found out that he was suffering from a liver ailment and had only about seven months to live. For about a fortnight, Mr Quek Swee Choon, 49, lived
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    • 163 14 WHETHER or not a charge is withdrawn when the accused has a terminal illness depends on the circumstances of the case. Criminal lawyer Shashi Nathan from Harry Elias Partnership, said that such cases are "not rare". He said: "If it's a heinous offence like rape
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    • 547 15  -  Police boat hits illegal speedboat off Tuas EstherAuYong estheray@sph .com. sg ONE dead, three arrested and two missing—that was the fate of six illegal immigrants after their boat crashed into a Police Coast Guard (PCG) vessel early on Friday morning. There was a dramatic
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    • 1025 16  -  With their impressive qualifications, if II be hard to slam this year's contestants for being airheads Miss S'pore Universe 2006 TanMae Lynn maetynn® sph.com.sg WILL there be more brains than beauty at the Miss Singapore Universe pageant this evening? You may or may not agree
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    • 200 17 THE Miss Singapore Universe pageant has seen highly-educated women participating—and winning—the crown from as Car back as 1999. The winner that year, Ms Cheryl Marie Cordeiro, was pursuing her postgraduate studies at the time. She holds two Masters degrees: an MA in English from NUS
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    • 316 18 I've worn less in other Indon mags, says Amber Chia of her 8-page spread IT was just another photo shoot!" That's what Malaysia's top model, Amber Chia, exclaimed yesterday when asked about her eight-page spread in the Indonesian edition of Playboy. The magazine provoked protests
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    • 237 18 AN 11 -year-old boy is fighting for his life after being beaten up by classmates over RMS debt ($2.18) which his dad says his grandmother had repaid for him. Mohd Ikhwan Abu Jamin (left) is in a coma at Seremban Hospital,
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    • 471 19 M'SIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER REPUES: ITt was interesting that on 2 Apr, The Sunday Times and The New Paper on Sunday simultaneously carried lengthy reports and an editorial (The Sunday Times) on car thefts in Johor. It was unfortunate that these reports over-exaggerated
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      • 28 21 He leans on numbers like alcohotfcs lean on lampposts. Italian opposition leader Romano Prodi Prime Minister SiMo Blriusconi during a televised debate before today's general elections
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      • 119 21 AP. HOLLYWOOD star Zhang Ziyi's (left) dress may have looked in danger of falling down, but eyes were on Tony Leung (above) and Zhou Xun (above right) as they scooped the top two acting awards at the 25th Hong Kong Film Awards last night. The
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      • 82 21 »».rrpp*:.' -<y. THE police are appealing for help in locating the coach of an S-League club. Mr Kawana Yuki, 27, of the Japanese club Albirex Niigata, has not been seen since leaving the Jurong East Sports Complex after a training session on 12 Mar, reported LianheWanbao. He
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      • 177 21 PMLS TO lUC STUDENTS: The People's Action Party hasn't finished introducing its new candidates for the next general election, but Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is already on the lookout for the next generation of leaders. Addressing about 2,500 students at the official opening of
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      • 116 21 THE military was growing impatient with continued protests against outgoing Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand's defence minister said yesterday. "I have told my fellow soldiers to be patient and don't break the rules, although I think they want to make a move," Mr Thammarak Isarangura na
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      • 194 21 THE British government has rolled out a crisis plan after the country's first confirmed case of the disease. Around 250,000 free-range birds were being moved indoors and restrictions on bird movements were in place in heavily-policed zones close to the Scottish
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      • 52 21 4 YOU want to borrow books from the school library? Forget it, if your underwear is showing. That's the message to teenagers studying at the Tullbro School in Falkenberg, Sweden. Those wearing hipsters showing off their underwear are not allowed to use the library. Baseball caps and beanies are
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      689 22  -  They watch for body Gregory vjfc^nyuaun grogl«>sph.com.sg ____J SINGAPORE'S clubbing scene is staid. Or so some say. But scratch the surface and you'll find it's not all clean, orderly fun. Just ask veteran bouncers Joe Singh and FadyilArifin. They have been in their jobs for 14 and 13
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    • 447 23  -  SivaChoy Columnist DURING my school days, cemeteries were very quiet and therefore ideal places to study for school exams. The only interruption was the occasional passerby nodding to express his condolences, some idiot wanting to know if I was praying for 4-D numbers or
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  • 396 25  -  DRINK RAGE Show Edwin Yeo Columnist PEOPLE keep asking me why I write so much about sex. So today, I shall touch on a much more wholesome topic—violence. Haven't you heard of the argument "old enough to hold a gun, not old enough
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    • 461 28  -  Feng Zengkun tnpOsph.com.sg IT'S eight at night, and I'm sleeping off a very heavy dinner eaten two hours earlier near Columbia University. I'm dreaming 0f... something, when someone knocks on the door. Whoever is at the door will not go away, so five minutes later,
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      369 29 It's not beyond celebs to take part in street protests to help promote causes they believe in YOU'RE a star, and you're unhappy with what's happening in the industry. So what do you do? Take to the streets and stage a protest! Celebrities in Hong Kong, Taiwan and
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    • 465 30 Some of the star-backed Asian protests. HONGKONG w2l2|wfiaSL Three hundred people, including Jackie Chan and Bond girl Michelle Yeoh, gathered outside government headquarters to condemn tabloid magazine Eastweek for featuring an actress who was photographed topless against her will years ago. The actress is widely f believed to
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    • 713 31  -  She gives discounts and freebies only when clients ask lor them or kick up a big fuss 'fess up! ...What raally goes on in that job of yours? E-mail tnp@sph.com.sg AvisWong aviswong@sph.com.sg SHE has seen the worst in people on their best of days. Josephine
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    139 35 Show Let your hair down. Thaf s what these celebrities are saying, as they show that loose tousled hair is never a sartorial letdown Style mavan: (Above) Lucy Liu works the room in a Grecian evening dress at the New York premiere of her new movie, Lucky Number
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    • 447 38 a THEMEWPAPOIOHSUMPAY. 9 Apr2oo6 Page 41 ThcGospal Of Judas f I National Gaographk Channel (Star Hub Ch 11), 10pm Miss Singapore Universe 2006 Finals Channel 5,7.30pm This two-hour special traces the laborious authentication process and analysis of the ancient Find out which of the 18 finalists will wan the gospel
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  • racing
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      381 39  -  TREBLE AT KRANiI FRIDAY NIGHT ll DOUBLE IN PENANG YESTERDAY TanThean Loon loon@sph.com.sg FRESH from his treble at Kranji on Friday night, high-riding Oscar Chavez (above) continued his winning ways with two more winners in Penang yesterday. And wins by the aptly-named Show Of Class in Race 4
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    • 117 40 JUDGING from his recent runs, in which j he finished close behind the winners at his last three starts, Kuala Dipang is due for another win. The Frank Maynard-trained gelding by Jetball (sire of Malaysian Horse of the Year Opposing Force) is
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    • 66 40 RACE 2z Just Like Tiger, United Naga, King Of Durban, Congruence RACE 3: Macho Fella, Baby Han RACE 4: Lion Mountain, Koromiko, Midnight Run RACE 6: Rise To Stardom, > Wednesday Runner, Xtherest, Binjai Park, Bintang Melang, Emperor Commands, Jeram, Classy Desean, Knowledge Timing, Stop Listening RACE 7: Crystal
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    • MAD ABOUT GOLF
      • 453 41  -  Al R Dizen TpHW fTT:SS A MOTLEY bunch of pupils got their first taste of golf as competitors. It happened at the recently concluded Inter-Primary Schools Golf Championship and Carnival at the Orchid Country Club. "I mean, we were spectators at the OSIM Singapore Masters, but at
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        269 41 Yoong Yan Ning, 11:1 find golf very challenging, just like mathematics. And one learns how to be self-reliant because only you can help yourself when you 're playing the game. Jeftory Cheng, 11:1 took up the game after I became curious about how those guys on TV could
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      • 753 42 THE game of golf loves a bit of nostalgia but, funnily enough, the golfers themselves are not always willing accomplices. Their focus is always forward, like the horse wearing blinkers and striding towards the finishing post. They're not concerned with the ground they've covered. The next step
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      • 1035 43 SECOND-ROUND LEADERBOARD 138: Chad Campbell 71-67 141: Rocco Mediate 68-73, Vijay Singh 67-74, Fred Couples 71-70 142: Tim Clartc 70-72, David Howell 71 -71, Darren Clarice 72-70, Phil Mickelson 70-72, Ernie Els 71-71 143: Nick O'Hern 71-72,8i11y Mayfair 71-72. Padraig Harrington 73-70, Olln Browne 74-69, Ben Crenshaw
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      • 480 44 AP. TIGER Woods is biding his time. With a blustery afternoon at the Masters weeding out the field and keeping anyone from going too low, Woods (left) didn't make his typical second-round surge. He didn't have to. "I played pretty good today," he said after a
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      • 384 44  -  GodfreyRobert npsports@sph.com.sg STROKE-PLAY is the most popular format for a golf game. It involves recording the total number of shots during the course of an 18-hole round. Then there is match-play, which many feel is the purest form of the game. It is played between
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    • 909 45  -  Our weekly Sporty Bosses column is held over until the end of the World Cup. In its place, we bring you World Cup Bosses where we feature the movers and shakers responsible for bringing the World Cup experience closer to you AlDizon npsports© sph.com.sg FOR Stephen Chu,
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    • 229 46 HE'S not banking on the Samba players. "I don't know why most people are putting their money on a Brazil win. No doubt they have a good team of many stars and outstanding individuals. They will be in the forefront, but their flamboyance could be their
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    • EPL
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        960 47 Looking for the next Wayne Rooney or Lionel Messi? Want to know the strengths and weaknesses of the team you'll play at the San Siro next week? Call your freelance scout. In this week's Secret Files, WANG MENG MENG speaks to Derek Bragg, managing director of The
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        238 47 What does a scouting report on teams and players look like? D4rek Bragg, managing director off The Scouting Network, offers some examples. PLAYER ASSESSMENT On Dec 28 last year, Bragg wrote a 16-page report on Colchester United's Chris Iwelumo, a player The Scouting Network had been keeping tabs
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      • 245 47 IF you do not have the talent to be a scout, why not try your hand at management? AtThe Scouting Network (TSN), it is not all about mountains of statistics and piles of dossiera^^HH^ The company has also started a Soccer Management Course for those
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      • 170 47 DEREK Bragg, 49, the managing director of The Scouting Network, is a former professional footballer. Starting off as a youth-team player at Aston Villa, he joined the Royal Air Force after his release by the Villains. He eventually joined German Bundesliga side Hertha Berlin, where he spent
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    • SPORTS PROBE
      • 678 48  -  GaryLim npsports# sph.com.sg THE New Paper launched the Sports Probe series with the aim of creating a better sporting environment for all Singaporeans. We started from the basic tier—sports facilities. Are they up to par? Are they properly maintained? Are there enough facilities
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      • 584 48  -  Luis npsports@sph.com.sg i or IT'S now the kind of sight that makesyou want to pick up your tennis racket and swing away in pleasure. As shown by these players pictured above. Two months ago —on 30 Jan —The New Paper highlighted the poor condition of
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    • S-LEAGUE
      • 418 49  -  EricDing npsports@sph.com.sg LAST year, Swandi Ahmad was the first S-League casualty when he left Balestier. The current assistant coach of Gombak was removed even before the season kicked off. Then four weeks into last season, Woodlands sent Matt Brown packing despite the Englishman collecting two
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      • 91 49 NEXT Friday's live game W between Albirex and Woodlands is an interesting affair .C.' j*m <| Both are gunning for the top but have yet to justify that claim. It comes at agoodLtime for either one to get their title hunt back on trade. I know
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      • 169 49 GOMBAK hung on to a 2-2 draw against Sporting last Thursday despite playing with 10 men for nearly two thirds of the game. Salim Moin's men proved that they can hold their own, or, at least that has been vindicated in their five matches so
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