The New Paper, 7 May 2006

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  • 1467 2 Best opposition showing since 1997 They fought HARD BUT LOST IT'S a testament to the strength of the PAP that on its night of victory, one should think of the beaten opposition. In a way, it was always about the opposition. There was never a
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  • 824 4 PAP wins two-thirds of votes, PM Lee says... WHEN Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong took over in August 2004, he promised an inclusive society. He asked people for alternative views. He wanted more spirit, more verve and more confidence. He got what he
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  • 83 6 The battle in Aljunied 1988:563% PAP won against SDP 1997:67% PAP won against SDP 2006:56.1% PAP won against WP •Aljunied GRC was uncontested in 1991 and 2001 56.1 PAP: BG George Yeo Yong-Boon, 51 Mrs Lim Hwee Hua, 47 Madam Cynthia Phua Siok Gek, 47 Mr
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  • 1172 6 THE LONG SHOT WHILE not quite nail-biting, the close finish at Aljunied GRC recalled that of the now-defiinct Cheng San GRC in 1997. But there was no recount this time and it was the second-last result, not the last, to be announced. At about 12.30 am,
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  • 111 8 Mr Chiam's winning margins over the years 1984:603 PERCENT Won against PAP'S Mah Bow Tan 1988:63.1 PERCENT Won against PAP'S Kenneth Chen Koon Lap 1991:69.6 PERCENT Won against PAP'S Andy Gan Lai Chiang 1997:55.2 PER CENT Won against PAP'S Andy Gan Lai Chiang
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  • 737 8 GOOD NIGHT WHEN the People's Action Party dangled an $80-million estate upgrading carrot in front of Potong Pasir residents, many believed that it was the end of the road for long-time incumbent Chi am See Tong. But the veteran fighter not only defended
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  • 134 10 PAP'S efforts in Hougang Lifting the party whip: SM Goh at first suggested lifting the party whip on Mr Eric Low so that he could speak freely and play an opposition role without having to vote along party lines. SM Goh later backed off
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  • Article, Illustration
    727 10 GOOD NIGHT WP's Mr LowThia Khiang returned with a stronger mandate yesterday than in 2001 THEY said he would be too busy fighting for his people. That he would be so distracted, he wouldn't notice Hougang, his own ward, being slowly taken away by Mr Eric
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  • 59 12 Election scorecarp As expected, the fight in Aljunied GRC proved to be the closest. The People's Action Party won just 56 per cent of the votes. PAP also lost two seats to opposition parties and saw its victory margin dip about 7 per cent from
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  • 90 13 The battle in Sembawang GRC 1988:70.1% PAP won against United People's Front 1991 to 2001: UNCONTESTED *****6.7% PAP won against SDP 76.7% PAP: Mr Khaw Boon Wan, 53 Dr Lim Wee Kiak, 37 Ms Ellen Lee Geek Hoon, 48 Mr K Shanmugam, 47 Mr Hawazi Daipi,
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  • Oh, the GRIEF
    • 593 13 THE LONG GOODBYE A BITTER fight, a bitter end. Could this be the epitaph in the aftermath of GEO6 for the Chees? For Dr Chee Soon Juan and his sister, Ms Chee Siok Chin (left), arguably the two most emotional
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    • 204 14 IT'S third time unlucky for Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) candidate Steve Chia, 35, who is bowing out of politics and will reject a seat as a Non-Constituency MP if offered. Said Mr Chia: "Now my first priority is to
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  • 34 15 She lost weight and wore out her shoes during 9 days on the campaign trail, out it was tears of joy that the PAP'S Cynthia Phua was shedding last night
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  • Article, Illustration
    575 15 THE LONGEST NIGHT THE past few days have given her some of her best workouts. During her election campaign, Madam Cynthia Phua (far left in picture) went door to door and block to block in her Paya Lebar ward, which is part of the hotly-contested Aljunied GRC.
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  • news
    • 896 17 Can you believe this? YOU'VE seen garlands on election candidates but have you seen garlands on a tree? You've seen hero-worship of leaders standing for election but have you seen tree-worship? In a little corner off Ang Mo Kio Ave 4, a group of
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    • 924 19  -  Most rental companies won't rent a car to anyone with little or no driving experience. Until now TanMae Lynn maelynn@s ph.com.sg LIKE other new drivers, Miss Joanna Foo couldn't wait to get behind the wheel after she passed her driving test last December.
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    • 403 20  - BOSSES GET DOWN DIRTY Corporate bigwigs hoad to ChekJawa for HSBC's conservation programme JoyceHool joyceh9sph.com.sg AS the chief of a top jewellery chain here, Mr Charles Chan, 59, is more accustomed to handling clean-cut and shiny diamonds. But when it comes down to getting down and dirty, the jeweller is
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    • 160 21 ONE group of executives squealed in excitement when they were told they could find live oysters and hermit crabs on the sandy shore. Ms Melissa Marie, 27, a receptionist, said: "In the city, you see lots of flats, so seeing all the animals here is very
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    • 828 22 MR Roger Koh aims to become a millionaire in less than 10 years. And it is not just a pipe dream for the 33-year-old civil servant, even though he draws a monthly salary of just $3,000. In fact, he's just $200,000 shy
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    • 490 23 FORGET about the stock market. Come June, punters will be watching the likes of Ronaldinho, David Beckham and Roberto Carlos make their runs down the soccer field rather than the rise and fall of the Nikkei, Dow Jones and Hang Seng indices. With
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    • 1212 24 Man in UK claims he had vision telling him to live like old biblical kings and get a harem of women to be his companions, but he's not legally married to any of them Depending on how you look at it, Philip Sharp, 45,
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    • 912 25 US teen cracks under parents' pressure for perfection. She is sentenced this week to 8 years in adult prison Little girl lost ALL they wanted was the best for their daughter. They pushed her hard and she tried to live up to their
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    • Article, Illustration
      688 26 Met doom aidi Adopted by paedophile and turned into child pom star at 5, teen strikes back-and she's making a difference WHEN Matthew Mancuso showed up at her orpharige in Russia to take her to the US, little Mariya Nikolaevna Yashenkova thought her dream had finally come true.
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    • 494 27 Shocked family asks: What happened? HE had fought for his life in court and was awaiting the outcome of an appeal. But now, death row prisoner Alex Wong Teck Choy, 52, is literally fighting for his life in a hospital bed. He had suffered serious
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    • 98 27 THIS flagpole in Ipoh is as tali as an 18-storey HDB block—so tall that the state flag that used to hang from it was shredded by high winds. But what has upset the Perak state opposition more is that it cost a whopping RM349,000 ($152,000)
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  • news
    • 348 29 "T Jk TTTH so many rivers being a \J\J murky brown or green, the V V idea of a blue, blue river might sound refreshing. But not if you are living in Kulai, Johor. One of the rivers has turned bright blue. It is
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    • SnapShot
      • 74 30 Zacarias Moussaoui shouted out as he was led away: 'America, you lost!' I beg to differ. The US attorney-general lost but the people of America and the principles on which the nation was founded won~ The jurors who held out against a death sentence declined to allow a
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      • 44 30 AND it's flown by a super pilot The plane is actually doing a stunt before the Air Race World Series in Barcelona, Spain. Eleyen pilots are taking part in the race for the title of world champion. picture/ reuters
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      • 77 30 A BRITISH military helicopter crashed in the southern city of Basra yesterday, and state-run television showed crowds of Iraqis cheering at the site. A police spokesman said the helicopter crashed into a house in a residential area, apparently after being hit by a missile or rocket. He
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      • 75 30 EXPLOSIONS rocked two Internet cafes in central China on Friday night. Two people died and four others were injured, reported the official Xinhua News Agency. The local authorities refused to say if bombs were involved in the blasts, which occurred about 10 minutes apart at
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      • 114 30 TO conserve electricity, New Delhi shops have been told to shut early and air-conditioners in offices have to be switched off in the evening. The order was given as power supplies to the Indian capital dipped while summer temperatures climbed above 40 deg C. Shops)
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      • 192 30 I AFTBI TURNING VIOLENT WHEN AMBULANCE WORKERS ARMVE~ A MAN fell to his death in front of horrified voters in Hougang yesterday morning. The man, who was in his 40s, apparently fell from Block 334, Hougang Avenue 5, where a polling station was
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      • 209 30 CIA director Porter Goss resigned suddenly, nudged out after a turmoil-filled 19 months at the US spy agency. It has been struggling to forge a new identity amid intelligence blunders and government overhauls. Air Force general Michael Hayden, top deputy to National Intelligence director John
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      • 56 30 A local council election in the UK, which ended as a dead heat after two recounts, was decided by the draw of a pencil. When the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats both ended on 1,132 votes each, the returning officer asked each to Choose a pencil, one short and one
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
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  • show sunday entertainment newszine
    • 500 31 MDrget Bshion facials Football's not just a man's game lots of woman love it too. They're even taking to the field. Three spoken-for babes dazzle AVIS WONG I with their passion for I the game, ahead of I the World Cup "T A T"ITH her pretty face
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    • 319 32 DESIGNER Zoelyn Siow (left) loves to watch a good game of football. But, ironically, she has a big fear of the ball itself. The reason: She was hit in the face by a football 15 years ago. Even though she is unable to recall
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    • 272 32 IF you can't beat them, join them. That how sales manager Fei Wong (left) got hooked on soccer. "At first I found it very stupid, so many men chasing after a ball," she said with a laugh. But as all her friends liked
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    • 396 33  -  /From previous page AvisWong aviswong@sph.com.sg SALES manager Fei Wong's relationship with her boyfriend has become closer and she has football to thank. The game, she says, brought them closer together "because we speak the same language and we get to spend quality time watching
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    • 201 33 IT'S not just the grandstands that are seeeing an invasion of football-loving women. More women are taking to the pitch, too. According to the Federation Internationale de Football Association (Fifa) website citing a survey it published in 2001, 22 million women and girls around
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  • 571 35  -  Show SivaChoy tnp@sph.com.sg LAST week, some friends paid me a surprise visit at tea-time so I did the polite thing and said: "What would you like to drink?" I was hoping they would all agree on tea (it was tea-time after
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  • 457 37  -  Show FengZengkun Columnist THE residence hall I live in is called Third Avenue North, and while it is known for many things, it is probably best known for its unreliable lift. Taking the lift in Third Avenue North is like being on one
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  • 497 39  -  He counters diva attitude with more attitude Show AvisWong aviswong@sph.com.sg DON'T give Mr Bruce Chin attitude. The freelance fashion stylist will not hesitate to put diva-like models or celebrities in their place. "If they give me attitude, I will give them attitude times two and
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  • Page 42 Miscellaneous
    • 369 42 I Show I THE NEW PAPER ON SUNDAY, 7 May 2006 Page 45 MOVIES IN TOWN II tV-Pf 10.40 am, 12.50pm, 3, CA-OC 10.40 am, 4.15pm 5.10,7.20,9.30 CMC 10am, 5.15pm CA-TC 11.15 am, 5.30pm SO-U) 10.40 am, 12.30pm, 4.30,8, CA-TC 10.20 am, 4.05pm jjmm; WOM[H CA-OC 10.25 am, 12.10pm, 2,
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    • 78 45 RACE 1: Break The Bank, Good Happiness, De Hoss, Thunder Dance, King Ot Durban, Cizen Galaxy, Celebration, Midnight Run, Congruence, Danzuround. RACE 2: Flying Shadowfax, Eaton Square, Globally Famous. RACE 4: Zhu Chen, Winning Eleven, Yearly Victory. RACE 5: Mdnia, Sky Wings, Flip Master, Clapping Victory. RACE 6: Moon
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    • 94 45 MBANGWONG (Race 6 No. 5) This habitual late-comer ran a terrific race at his last outing over die Penang 1,400 m on 15 Apr. Getting serious about his task only when he entered the home straight the Leong Poh Keong-trained galloper flew home for fourth to Smart Cat
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    • 134 46 Turning heads: Paul Officier's 1938 Citroen Traction Avant 11BL leading the way in this year's 50-strong SingaporeMalaysia Vintage Car Rally after the flagoffatthe Singapore Racecourse at Kranji yesterday morning. The 57-year-old manager at Philips imported his left-hand drive from France at a cost of about $24,000.
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  • sports
    • MAD ABOUT GOLF
      • 743 47 Steve Newell is an experienced golf writer who has worked with many of the world's leading players and teachers, and has written several books on golf. He now works primarily for top golfer Ernie Els. NEXT week, the PGA Tour stops in Dallas for the EDS Byron
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      • 459 48  -  FOCUS ON COMPASSVALE PRIMARY Al R. Dizon npsports® sph.com.sg WHAT'S golf doing in a Sengkang neighbourhood primary school? "Plenty," said Janet Doo, one of the teachers in charge of the golf CCA programme at Compassvale Primary School. "For one thing, the school believes in the role golf
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      • 89 48 Joann Chng, 9,lst year In the programme: Golf is for everyone to play. My dream is to be able to play with Annika Sorenstam. Tan BhuYl,9,4ttiyaar. Watching players on TV made me become so interested in golf. I always challenge my father in a game at Keppel Club.
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      • 103 48 ♦Md Naseer, 10,1 st yean I may not be able to hit the golf ball now, but I believe I can hit those balls far when I finally become a professional Brandan Teo, 10,3 rd year: It's really fun to hit the balls high and far. EngChoonJoon, 9,lst
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      • 134 49 Reuters. RAIN washed out the third round of the SK Telecom Open in Seoul yesterday, frustrating Michelle Wie's hopes of a good finish. On Friday Wie became the first woman to make the cut in a major men's tour event for 61 years. The
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      • Article, Illustration
        456 49 AFP. BO van Pelt fired nine birdies to match the course record with a brilliant eight-under-par 64 on Friday in the the Wachovia Championship. "I hit a bunch of fairways and a bunch of greens but birdieing three of the par-threes, that's what took a good round to a
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      609 50 1 ,o, J i PAflMl A #IU1 BWWiHBirKifli %rlwip''v Wire Services. FERRARI'S Michael Schumacher says his victory in last month's San Marino Grand Prix was no flash in the pan. Assessing his Formula One team's patchy form before Imola, Schumacher recognised mistakes had been made but believed
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    • 140 50 Reuters. RENAULT'S world champion Fernando Alonso edged out Michael Schumacher to take his first pole position of the season at the European Grand Prix in Nuerburgring yesterday. Felipe Massa was third fastest for Ferrari and, as at Imoia two weeks ago, forms an all-Brazilian second row with
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    • Yes, sports made their dreams come true
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        803 51  -  SINGAPORE MILLIONAIRE SPORTSMEN MILLION-DOLLAR sportsmen are not a rare commodity in the sporting world. But in Singapore, they are far and few between. Since golfer Mardan Mamaf s historic win in the OSIM Singapore Masters in March, which won him U*****,666 ($265,000), the subject of local sportsmen making
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        539 51  -  Khoo np6ports9sph.oom.sg v. FIVE-time Kranji champion Saimee Jumaat was just happy to realise his childhood dream when he became an apprentice rider in 1992. Becoming a millionaire jockey was the furthest thing from his mind then, git Today, though, the 34-year-old Singaporean is among the top earners Indeed,
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        621 51  -  LimHan Ming npsports@sph .com. sg BEFORE Mardan Mamat and Saimee Jumaat, there was Fandi Ahmad. The former national footballer was Singapore's first millionaire sportsman. Fandi, crossed the magical $1 million marie in career earnings in 1992 when he was only 30. He earned his money mainly through salaries
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    • 270 52 WHILE he's been called the The Guru of Personal Reinvention, Watt Nicoll's touch has not always been golden. He first came into prominence when he was hired by then-England manager Kevin Keegan to address his weary troops in 1999. Armed with pearls of wisdom imparted
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    • 672 52 WATT NICOLL 0N... mindmAN BECOMING A MOTIVATIONAL GURU "I honestly want to help change the world. "My reasons for helping football is because many people in (England) are unimpressed with the day-to-day 'adventures' of the players. So mud) talent and money has been wasted over
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    • 311 52 HE has seen the rise of Wayne Rooney. He has singled-out Fulham youngster Dean Leacock for stardom. He had also predicted the Cottagers' shock Premiership win over champions Chelsea earlier this season. Now, Watt Nicoll is tipping former First Lady Hillary Clinton to
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    • 132 53 BORN in Dundee. Scotland, Watt Scottish whistle anlfSe^aiina. But it is in the field of motivational speaking th a t the Scotsman won His high energy delivery and passion have won him many admirers. He worked with top names, such as Wayne Rooney, David Beckham, Robbie
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      883 53 HE insists on the letters "MP" tagged along with his name. But he is no politician. Truth is, Watt Nicoll wants everybody to know that he is an MP Motivated Person, that is. At 70 years young, the chirpy Scotsman is still going strong and loving every minute
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